TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

During this one-day startup bootcamp, you’ll learn about legal issues, fundraising, marketing, growth, product-market fit, pitching, recruiting and more. How to Tell Your TAM: Dayna Grayson from Construct Capital invests in the rebuilding of the most foundational and broken industries of our economy.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

I remember my VCs telling me they would be supportive yet I knew the ultimate decision would only come if I were truly out of cash and needed more money. Also, make sure you know several partners at the VC firms who have invested in you because in tough times it helps to have very broad support.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

As part of my role as a partner of HealthInc, I sit on the jury for the startup competition in which 20 finalists pitch their ventures, with 10 then selected to enter the program. The winners receive support, including an investment, to accelerate and scale their ventures. Keep it simple, stupid (KISS). Keep it simple, stupid (KISS).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

Your Deck Sucks — The Pitch That Raised $18 Million in the Current Climate: Jacqueline Samira, founder and CEO, Howdy.com, raised $21 million without ever sending a deck to a single investor. TechCrunch hosts Darrell Etherington and Becca Szkutak will interview serial-founder-turned-VC Russ Wilcox.

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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? Pre-seed round funding is under scrutiny: Is VC pandemic posturing here to stay? Pre-seed round funding is under scrutiny: Is VC pandemic posturing here to stay? ” It’s time to abandon business intelligence tools.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

Zuckerberg, a co-organizer, part-time DJ and investor at Long Journey VC, says that they’re thinking of making it an annual event. If you feel like supporting me extra, subscribe to my very free and still in the works Substack. Pitch decks and term sheets welcome too. Pitch decks and term sheets welcome too. At just 2.1%

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Just as it seemed the venture capital boom of 2021 was slowing down, the startup and VC worlds spun on their axes practically overnight, birthing a new dynamic where “growth at all costs” was quickly replaced by a more measured and careful approach to business and investing. This year’s been eventful for investors and founders alike.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

. “The biggest challenge has been around scaling my team’s time, particularly around managing a growing portfolio at a time when founder support is critical,” said Ariana Thacker, founder of Conscience VC. Ariana Thacker , solo GP and founder, Conscience VC.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

The clearest mechanism for this support was wartime expenditures on research and development by the U.S. As venture capitalist and economic historian Bill Janeway remarked : “… the federal government funded construction of a platform on which entrepreneurs and venture capitalists could dance.” But that doesn’t change the fact the U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

. “The biggest challenge has been around scaling my team’s time, particularly around managing a growing portfolio at a time when founder support is critical,” said Ariana Thacker, founder of Conscience VC. Ariana Thacker , solo GP and founder, Conscience VC.

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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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David Teten VC

MARCH 30, 2023

Formstack alongside All Stage & Zapier allows us to solicit pitch meetings dates from founders, for deal leads to request SPV creation, for members to refer new members. clipr transcribes and categorizes the content of our pitch meeting video recordings. Zoom is our platform of choice for pitch meetings and internal meetings.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Startups and VC Super.com, formerly Snapcommerce, launched its cash-back card SuperCash last October so that card users could build credit, amassing 5 million customers worldwide who have collectively saved over $150 million to date, according to CEO Hussein Fazal. Even dropping Stripe to do so. It’s a bold strategy, Cotton.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

It can be tempting to use lofty language, but we’ve found it more constructive to focus the conversation on traction. We aim to lead with the data and let the numbers support bold ambitions. We helped them refine their pitch to emphasize not only the innovation but also the market potential, scalability, and revenue model.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

GV’s Terri Burns, former operator (Twitter and Venmo) turned VC, will lay out the fundamentals of finding product market fit, including processes, feedback loops, and adaptability. Learn the building blocks of developing a compelling brand story that wins hearts and minds while supporting your company’s growth.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Startups/VC. Siteline is building fintech infra for the construction market : While the consumer fintech space is chock-full of tools for what feels like any and every use case, the business world is a little bit different. Tumblr will let you pay it to eliminate ads : Yahoo once bought Tumblr, before it was itself sold to Verizon.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The flurry of new funds gives me and, more importantly, founders the vibe that VCs are back in business and ready to write lots and lots of checks. But one could argue that new VC fund announcement dates, much like the phrase “oversubscribed,” don’t mean much in practice. This tweet by VC Matt Turck. Book your pass ASAP!

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David Teten VC

MARCH 14, 2023

AngelSurvey (our own custom site for recording member interest after pitches). Versatile VC uses FlowInc , in which I’m an investor.) Q: Do you offer your angels any technology tools to support portfolio construction for direct investments? We still have access to the legacy platform and use that.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

Prominent investors include a slew of a16z partners such as Marc Andreessen, Andrew Chen and Chris Dixon, as well as entrepreneur Ev Williams, icon Paris Hilton and support from investors Ryan Hoover and Cleo Capital’s Sarah Kunst. She’s already landed checks from the who’s who in tech.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms. Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms. Founders who don’t properly vet VCs set up both parties for failure. What can we do to support her? But will it?

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

This week, DocSend dropped a big load of statistics about the VC activity over the past half year or so. I’ve written more about “why now” in the context of pitching elsewhere , but it’s interesting to see that surface. And Rebecca took a closer look at the EV battery factory construction boom across North America.

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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. Stuart is well worth following on Twitter & now that’s he’s a VC he is likely to share his wisdom more freely. The stories still to be told?:

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. It’s identical to what’s happening in Africa: Less than 1% of all VC dollars went toward startups with one or more women founders last year, according to The Big Deal , which details investments in Africa.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

We want to kick us off with a quick congratulations to FabuLinga for winning the pitch-off at the TechCrunch City Spotlight (Austin edition). Startups and VC. The company is building a community and services to support people trying to increase our global population, one tiny human at a time. PT, subscribe here. What’s Coinbase?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

While we anticipate the VC fundraising environment will become more cautious across the board, we don’t see robotics being uniquely impacted. The pitch arrived along with a five-paragraph summary of his accomplishments. Image Credits: Built Robotics A pair of new construction robots debuted this week.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. The Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund for Entrepreneurial Studies supports entrepreneurs attempting to build something that advances business and society in revolutionary ways. “. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

In simpler terms, Zeta helps companies pitch customers in varied manners depending on their own characteristics. You can imagine that, as the digital economy has grown, the sort of work Zeta Global supports has only expanded. When to walk away from a VC who wants to invest in your startup. So, has Zeta itself grown quickly?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2022

First, the startup’s board — despite its long list of investors — consists of only the three co-founders who are stepping down and one independent director, Peter Ackerson, a general partner at Fin Capital who himself became a VC just three years ago. To find out more, Anna Heim reached out to fintech-focused VC firm Fiat Ventures.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. The Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund for Entrepreneurial Studies supports entrepreneurs attempting to build something that advances business and society in revolutionary ways. “. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I had very little cash in the bank yet the stories were still coming out about how we were going to change the world of online engineering and construction. Our existing investors supported us and a new lead came in. I stopped doing conferences, traveling or pitching to VCs. And at the 11th hour they pulled out.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I’m now a VC. App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. It required content sites to develop totally new content. There was no engagement.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

They want the government to stay out of their way but they definitely want the government to come and ticket the car blocking the driveway, to stop construction noise, and to solve homelessness but definitely not to put low-income housing on their street. Basically, if you can create a groundswell of support, you’re in the game.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The mission is the elevator pitch. There’s a certain way to do this that is constructive and that actually adds to the process rather than causes friction and problems. We do these workshops where we have folks that are interested in technology and VC who are coming in. We’re investors in shift.org.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

In reality, most hedge funds have a handful of analysts and just some back office support, right? Our very first customer was a VC who also ended up investing in us. Kevin Hale [14:29] – Yeah so probably the primary use case among VC is actually diligence, right? Right, so imagine you’re a VC. This is 2015.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Constructions such as inflatable plastic lounges (photos here and here ), giant see-saws, and art projects involving flame throwers provided entertainment for the 800 to 1500 partygoers that showed up each weekend night. Three companies from the Studiomates community-- Sherpaa , Tinybop , and Editorially --received VC dollars in 2012.

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