TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

TechCrunch is tuned in, as always, and in keeping with our historical coverage, we compiled a list of our favorites from the first day’s pitches. The idea is that you might not have time to sit through over 100 pitches – so let us filter a bit and highlight some of the best companies from the first day of Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 Demo Day.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

With 17 startups participating, Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day isn’t the largest cohort we’ve seen by any stretch. We are also hearing chatter that Demo Day will be larger than ever before because virtual events are much more scalable.”. Here’s a closer look at six highlights from this Demo Day. Image Credits: EndoCrine Bio, Inc.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015. A lot of top firms show up, including from NEA, Lux Capital and Sequoia Capital. For example, Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures and Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures helped advise Pear’s newest batch of companies.

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APRIL 2, 2012

Similarly, picking seed investors for your first startup in and around the craziness of an accelerator demo day can be just as scarring over the long term. In fact, you'd probably be better off both deciding on a tat on demo day. I'm saying this because I went to my first YCombinator Demo Day last Tuesday. He said, "Sure!"

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Along with demo space, a $725 Early-Stage Startup Demo Package includes: Four event passes to help your team maximize time and opportunities. An exhibitors-only invitation to the live, online pitch feedback session with TC staff on May 20. Buy your Early-Stage Startup Demo Package before prices go up on May 15.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Momentum pulled off what every entrepreneur dreams of: Last year, it closed a lead investor for its seed round — which our own Ron Miller covered at the time — without even creating a pitch deck. Once a lead was secured, Momentum created a pitch deck to fill out the round. 17 — Placeholder for demo.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 1. For YC Summer 2021 Demo Day, the accelerator’s fourth virtual gathering, Natasha Mascarenhas, Alex Wilhelm, Devin Coldewey, Lucas Matney and Greg Kumparak selected 14 favorites from the first day of one of the world’s top pitch competitions.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Another domino falls : It was probably already a fiasco, but Binance deciding to not buy FTX led Sequoia Capital to claim its minority stake in FTX as nothing more than some unrealized gains, Connie reports. ” New crypto startups forged ahead during Alliance DAO’s demo day on Wednesday amid the FTX implosion. Christine and Haje.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. Not all teams end up pitching at demo day.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

.” Here’s who he interviewed: Clelia Warburg Peters, venture partner, Bain Capital Ventures. Christopher Yip, partner and managing director, RET Ventures. Robin Godenrath and Julian Roeoes, partners, Picus Capital. Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Last week, I covered the company’s $7 million seed funding round , and the company’s CEO, On Freund, was gracious enough to let me use the deck the company created to close that round for my Pitch Deck Teardown series. Oh, yeah, pitch decks and the tearing down thereof. Where were we? Go-to-market slide.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Personally, I find pitch events to be a little bit contrived. For the most part, while the companies may be interesting, the actual pitches are usually so-so. For the most part, while the companies may be interesting, the actual pitches are usually so-so. Furthermore, you should be able to give your pitch to anyone sans deck.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. The Baylor New Venture Competition is a business plan and elevator pitch competition for college students from around the globe. Student teams pitch and compete for more than $1.5 The competition has $50,000 in cash prizes.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. Pear, a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2013, has an impressive track record when it comes to identifying promising companies from their earliest stages — including DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar, Vanta, Branch Metrics and Guardant Health. ” Gatsby.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about the new career path to CEO, our favorite startups from Techstars Demo Day and the latest SPAC you should probably know about. Data about startups is helpful to understand directional trends and how the flow of capital works and changes over time. A triple-hitter Demo Day.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. We had a specific goal in mind. And Adam his.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Paul''s point is all about being upfront and honest, which is ironic, because Demo Days seem to be one giant dog and pony show where the flashiest, biggest talking companies seem to get the most attention. I had someone pitch me recently who started their e-mail out with an indication of how fast the round was going.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

You can highlight your pitch deck, run a video loop and/or host live demos. CrunchMatch lets you host private video meetings — pitch investors, recruit new talent or grow your customer base. Will Venture Capital Drive the Future of Mobility? Your virtual expo booth features lead-generation capabilities.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

A growth framework for reaching $1M ARR Pitch Deck Teardown: DeckMatch’s $1M pre-seed deck Image Credits: DeckMatch (opens in a new window) Using this slightly redacted 14-slide deck, the founders of DeckMatch raised a $1.1 “But it doesn’t negate the fact that women are coming to the table from an investor standpoint.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. It included some well known firms that made me come for a team pitch and then only gave me literally 15 minutes when we’d scheduled an hour. My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

I’ve been among the group of TechCrunchers watching pitch after pitch at Y Combinator’s Demo Day. Connie notes that the market might be slowing, but venture capital firms are continuing to amass big funds, as we also saw S2G Ventures do today. Well, hello there! On with the news! Connie tells you why.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

However, that’s what we’re seeing happen in the solo GP world, where investors, hearing about institutional investor risk appetite changing, are extending fundraising timelines, cutting investment vehicle targets or planning to leave venture altogether. In the rest of this newsletter we’re talking AI, icons and demo days.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Cashing in on the generative AI frenzy : In Kyle ’s second top story of the day, Fixie, backed by $17 million in venture capital, wants to make it easier for companies to build on top of language models. Startups and VC “Our story starts 15 years ago,” Frédéric Utzmann, founder and CEO of Effy, told Romain.

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Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

all together) combined with the culture of “demo days,” in-person gatherings where angels and professional investors collide with entrepreneurs. Yesterday, I tweeted this: I get emails from friends @ accelerators, asking me what kind of co’s I’m interested in, or to watch online demo day (no), etc. 5/ Who Is On The Hook?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. Buy your general admission or early-stage startup demo package today before prices increase. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

But after spending hours watching YC’s Winter 2023 Demo Day pitches this week, we also couldn’t help but try to connect the dots: Are Scandinavian startups making waves at Y Combinator? When The Exchange wrote about Sweden’s startup scene at the end of last month, we said we’d revisit the Nordics this week.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. Buy your general admission or early-stage startup demo package today before prices increase. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. But few businesses grow into the sweet spot of $20 million to $30 million in worth to an ultimate buyer without the injection of outside capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. Buy your general admission or early-stage startup demo package today before prices increase. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off.

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JUNE 16, 2014

If all my deals came as intros from trusted connections that I know for years versus at founder pitch events that''s interesting data. If you meet someone at a pitch event, they''ve already got a company and they''re looking to close as quickly as possible. Venture Capital & Technology'

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I’m surprised at how many funding pitches I get which lack some of the basic information which investors require before funding. 50% of these meetings led to pitches to individual partners. About 30% of partner pitches led to full partnership pitches. Raising capital is about quality of outreach, not quantity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We are slowly building a more durable capital base for African tech. Read on to find out what these prolific investors have to say about hot startup sectors in Africa, investment trends, their predictions for 2023, how to pitch them and more. For global venture capital, 2021 was an outlier. I stayed away from such deals.”

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JANUARY 8, 2014

All he had to do was hangout at hackathons and do demos where he wrote code live. you know they have other reasons to meet with people besides pitching your product. Venture Capital & Technology' someone who can win over the VCs, the CTOs, create content, etc. all at once. In other words, a unicorn.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Your all-access pass includes panel discussions, 1:1 interviews, breakout sessions and networking, plus access to our indoor AND outdoor expo area — where you’ll find dozens of innovative early-stage startups demoing their latest and greatest. More on that in a moment. You’ll also have access to our day of virtual content on May 20.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

They also build sales collateral, such as demo videos, pitch decks and one-pagers, to more effectively reach and build long-term relationships with these prospects. To this end, marketers develop creative ways to gather lists of, and information on, key contacts at these potential partners.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. I think the issue I have always had with investment bank pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. It makes it extraordinarily hard to raise the next round of capital.

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