TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

We have quite a unique pitch deck on our hands today. A few years ago, AR car hardware company WayRay raised $80 million at a half-a-billion valuation in a Series C round led by Porsche, and I’m super excited to show off their pitch deck today! Nonetheless, you can’t argue with a successful fundraise of this caliber.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 24, 2021

It was a clearly hot space and they felt like they had missed out on an opportunity to place their bet in it—and worst of all, they lost the deal to what they considered a rival firm. They had constructed a very specific story about how that company’s features would win out over and above the deal that they missed. You pitched a jerk.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 2, 2024

At the end of the program, they’ll pitch their business concepts to a panel of judges for a chance to take home up to $15,000 to officially launch their idea. The sturdy construction also allows hunters to have a safe hold when they are climbing in and out of a stand.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

Find a group of other women – an online community, a local community, or advisor or coach that can provide constructive feedback, support, and be a resource when you need help kicking down doors. Practice in pitching and answering tough questions has prepared us to begin raising funding. Don’t ever put limits on yourself.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. Even though many large construction firms manage internal R&D units, more than a third of employees say they’re reluctant to adopt new technology. of the U.S. Its recently enacted $1.2

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Company overview deck If you’re under CDA with an investor, this is where to add your expanded confidential pitch deck (typically, you’ve already shared a non-confidential deck over email). key in vivo data results). This may include foundational work from academic founders or related work in the field more broadly.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Abodu , one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians in an effort to help address the state’s housing shortage, has instituted a new “Quickship” program that can take an order from contract to construction and installation in about 30 days. trillion-dollar industry.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Neosapience continues to spearhead the voice and video synthesis space and has successfully constructed the commercial infrastructure for individual creators and entertainment,” Yeemin Chung, managing director of BRV Capital Management said in a statement. to use synthetic media for personalized sales pitches. raises $1.5M

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Together you rehearse and go over every iteration of the pitch line-by-line and slide-by-slide. After each session, I walked away with constructive feedback on everything — the content, the speaking style and even the font color on a particular slide. As a result, we couldn’t have been more prepared for pitch day.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

You’ll cover more ground and discover more opportunities with your whole team at your side. Investors like Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund), Quin Garcia (Autotech Ventures) and Rachel Holt (Construct Capital) — all of whom will grace our virtual stage. Schedule virtual product demos, pitch investors or recruit new talent.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

So perhaps this kind of environment presents a very scrambled opportunity , pun intended.” Others saw a potential liquidity event as an opportunity to usher in a new generation of creative, and perhaps entrepreneurial, designers. Speakers include Techstars’ Kerty Levy , Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson and NFX’s James Currier.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

“We’re very small in a large opportunity.” “We would like to have more peers investing alongside us with this sort of thesis and understanding,” said Roberts.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Or so the pitch goes. “It’s a huge opportunity for educational content creators but for customers, it leads to information overload and it can be hard to cut through and find the quality in what feels like an oversaturated market. Built, of course, for the short attention spans of millennials and Gen Z.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

It doesn't need to rely on external publication editors to accept their pitches for a story. Brand journalism doesn't replace PR-pitched and placed stories in more traditional platforms, which remains a valuable tool. In fact, one benefit of brand journalism is that the company has complete editorial control.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

However, if you don't want to evaluate your inbound deal opportunities, that's the job, my friend. What about pitch competitions that sound like Ancient Roman death matches? In other words, if 10 female founders pitch a fund, and one gets funding, that means 10% of the founders that pitch a fund get funded.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 5, 2024

When the idea of starting a business is pitched, it is human nature to get excited about it, but when the actual work begins, team members may slack off and fade away. They have an opportunity to set realistic expectations for achievable goals. But when you let people make their own decisions, then a few things happen.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 27, 2023

The program helps entrepreneurs explore the likelihood of success, discuss business models and financials with experts, expand their network, engage with other entrepreneurs, and develop a pitch deck for funding opportunities. Over the past ten years, the program has helped create dozens of new tech startups.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

COVID-19 has spotlighted many of the weakest points in our transportation system, but some of the rapid shifts in consumer behavior are creating opportunities for tech once considered fanciful, like sidewalk delivery robots and eVTOLs (electric vertical and takeoff vehicles). Rachel Holt, co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

“It makes sense for us to be more thoughtful than we already were with regard to portfolio construction and make sure we are not over-levered in any one vintage or ‘company stage’ pricing, e.g., 2021, pre-product, pre-revenue,” he said. So how are these first-time fund managers going to fare?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The sands of market power are shifting and incumbents are poorly-positioned to adapt to evolving customer needs, so there’s a massive opportunity for us to capitalize.” . James and the team have identified a significant opportunity in the market and have the right strategy to execute. million in pre-seed financing back in March 2020.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

“It makes sense for us to be more thoughtful than we already were with regard to portfolio construction and make sure we are not over-levered in any one vintage or ‘company stage’ pricing, e.g., 2021, pre-product, pre-revenue,” he said. So how are these first-time fund managers going to fare?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

While she is opening up a $5 million allocation to accredited investors outside her network, she said from a portfolio construction standpoint: she’s not necessarily looking for “diamonds in the rough” or a specific diversity quota. “I I plan to invest in men and women and everything in between.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. He does think there are opportunities in vertical search.

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Gust

DECEMBER 3, 2011

And I don’t mean because they lend a credible name to an investor pitch: way too many entrepreneurs look at names on Advisory Board as just a way to expedite a raise. Proper use of Advisory Boards begins with proper construction. You want to find people who really are willing to provide a few hours a month.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Bain Capital has closed its second Tech Opportunities fund with $2.4 Speakers include Techstars’ Kerty Levy , Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson and NFX’s James Currier. I’ll be there with my favorite colleagues to interview top experts at a one-day founder summit. Book your pass ASAP!

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FundersClub

JUNE 1, 2017

" BlueCrew is an on-demand staffing platform for temporary workers that allows them access to hundreds of job opportunities with one interview in " The Millennial 'Try Before You Buy' Job Hunt Boosts Work-Life Balance. com grows user base by more than 2,000% to 10 million via Totara partnership.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

As The TechCrunch team sat through hundreds of startup pitches during YC’s biannual Demo Day, the backdrop of change was certainly noted. I always enjoy the two-day pitch-off because it gives us a glimpse of what is top priority for a whole slice of founders, some of whom are trying to put meat back in plant-based meat.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2013

But do we need government playing the same exact role when loosely constructed networks can serve that same purpose. If one particular area is being underserved, drivers on new networks can swoop in because of the economic opportunity to service customers. Apps can attract drivers to areas they wouldn''t otherwise cruise through.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

In a nascent field like entrepreneurial ecosystem building, practitioner examples are rare and we were not going to pass up the opportunity to speak to four representatives of this pilot project to learn more about: What gave rise to the need of hiring an ecosystem builder. River and bridges in Danville.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

“The opportunity for entrepreneurs in real estate tech across search, listings, mortgage, insurance, construction and sustainability is the kind that shows up once a generation.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Who was willing to jump on a plan on a Sunday morning with a hang-over to make sure they were there the night before an important biz dev pitch on a Monday morning. So I patiently waiting until there was a good opportunity to bring Stuart on board and took the opportunity when it presented itself. The stories still to be told?:

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

The dinner was a coming out party for Orbillion Bio , a new startup pitching today in Y Combinator’s latest demo day, that’s looking to take lab-grown meats from the supermarket to high-end, bespoke butcher shops. “Part of my family were farmers and construction workers and the others were civil engineers and architects.

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Red Rocket

MAY 11, 2021

Constructive and actionable feedback can be hard to come by. It’s purpose is honest feedback to facilitate awareness and constructive discussion. Our CEO alots his or her time in a manner always mindful of the opportunity costs that may be involved. Our CEO can deliver a convincing investor pitch deck and plan.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

What’s going to happen to those semi-vacant office towers, some of which are still under construction? Amid the pandemic, investors became laser-focused on sections of the pitch deck that address monetization and business viability — signs that founders need to come to the table with better-defined businesses in order to succeed.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. billion loan from the agency to help it finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities. Listen up founders! So, here is a chance to participate. The big three U.S. Future of flight.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 19, 2015

In addition to the pitches themselves, the types of companies presenting forbear trends in the startup world more broadly. I’ve been to many YC Demo Days and I always look forward to them. This year was no exception. There are so many wonderful ideas and companies founded by terrific entrepreneurs.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

Webinars, with all their features, offer the opportunity to show how a product works in real time. You haven’t incorporated constructive feedback. Is your marketing pitch confusing? That’s why product demo webinars are so effective at maximizing conversion rates. Remember, when you speak to everyone, you speak to no one.

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