TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Stuto said that when 186 Ventures started investing in the fleeting days of the bull market, extension financing wasn’t a big part of the conversation, but now that it is clear that will be a challenge for startups, 186 Ventures plans to focus more on making sure its investments allow for a much longer runway.

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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. I suggest use the Founder Institute Mad Libs elevator pitch.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Understand Your Funding Options There are several ways to finance a startup, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Prepare a Compelling Pitch Once you’ve decided which type of funding is right for your startup, it’s time to start preparing your pitch. Your pitch should be clear, concise, and persuasive.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Corporate management startup Ramp confirmed that it has secured $550 million in debt and $200 million in equity in a new financing that doubles its valuation to $8.1 Notably, Founders Fund led the latest equity financing, marking the firm’s fourth time leading a round for Ramp. It then raised $300 million at a $3.9

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Stuto said that when 186 Ventures started investing in the fleeting days of the bull market, extension financing wasn’t a big part of the conversation, but now that it is clear that will be a challenge for startups, 186 Ventures plans to focus more on making sure its investments allow for a much longer runway.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. I suppose, more specifically, the bubble ended in the last two weeks of September--right after this financing. The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

However, if you lean on Uber’s definition of adjusted EBITDA, its 2019 and 2020 losses fall to $2.73 I can’t recall ever seeing an adjusted EBITDA definition with 12 different categories of exclusion. But, it’s what Uber is focused on as reaching positive adjusted EBITDA is key to its current pitch to investors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Definitely not!). Revenue-based financing: A new playbook for startup fundraising. Revenue-based financing can make early-stage startups less dependent on investors so they can hold onto more equity. Revenue-based financing: A new playbook for startup fundraising. Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

sanctions on China for startups in the space, considerations for startups thinking of taking capital from government bodies, how to pitch these investors and more. Clearly, CFIUS continues to have important implications on venture financing across all sectors. Are you open to cold pitches? Definitely. We heard that U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2022

Because a founder’s pitch is the first step on that journey, we’re interviewing active investors to learn more about what they’re looking for and how they prefer to be approached. For our latest outing, we asked each of them to name a pro forma pitch practice they think founders should retire. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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Onevest

APRIL 30, 2015

By definition Angel Investors are individual investors. Just 2% of startup financing actually comes from venture capital firms. But angel financing has been evolving thanks to ‘Super Angels’ and crowdfunding. By Tim Hoghten. But the data shows a rapidly growing trend in accredited investors investing together.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Private market valuations, at any point in time, are not only a reflection of a team’s hard work and progress, but are also impacted by the financing environment. How do you prefer to receive pitches? What are you most excited about in the fintech space? What do you feel might be overhyped?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Mosaic raised $25 million in Series B funding from Founders Fund to continue developing what the company calls a “strategic finance” category to get all departments within a company talking about finance. I mean, with a title like “Demo days definitely amplify a brand, but not the one you think ,” how could you not?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

And last but definitely not least, the latest extension — which closed in December but is only now being publicly announced — effectively doubles Human Interest’s valuation from its financing a few months prior. . It was later revealed that American Express Ventures had joined the financing as an investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Every consultant was pitching a process for reinventing your organization through BI. Poorly implemented this category was the definition of shelfware.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was mainly educated in accounting and finance. As the team is not from a VC background, the typical investment strategy for seed or early-stage fund on diversifying into a portfolio of companies and then follow-on investments into potential winners is simply not in our DNA who came from corporate finance and business advisory background.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. My background is finance, investments and operations. Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

It will definitely happen for some venture funds, but the question is how widespread it will be,” states Martino. Liquidation preferences may change in later financing rounds, but probably too significantly. How should startups adjust their pitch when fundraising during this crisis?

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

OK, so microVC funds and smaller pre-seed financings could really be a thing. This narrative was laced through the event, especially with the founder of Thumbtack, Marco Zappacosta, recounting his company’s financing story. Um… wow. 4/ LPs noted that the term “pre-seed” is really a U.S.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. The study used multivariate regression analysis to control for education levels and pitch quality to conclude that gender was a statistically significant factor. Less need for a belief in breakthrough technology.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Not only that, there’s a hugely disproportionate amount of time spent on pitching for money for these paper ideas. Step #2: Pitch investors. Teach ‘em Finance and Chase or Accenture will come and pick ‘em up 30 at a time. Event and meeting space is tough to come by, but it definitely exists in universities.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2014

You''ll get an entrepreneur who has raised one and only one round of financing in his or her entire life--all from relatively unsophisticated individuals, giving fundraising advice. Some people have definitively had better experience than others. They definitely weigh in on whether they like the management team. Skip a month.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2017

There are a number of great examples of publicly available pitch materials, so draw from ones that you like the most. Share definitive documentation with investors, including a capitalization table. Rehearse your presentation. Mix in humor to show your personality. But, most importantly, be brief.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

By backing climate startups, they can de-risk proven climate tech, build legitimacy to attract talent, help with scaling, attract new kinds of investors, and shape the overall ecosystem, write investor Jamil Wyne and climate finance researcher Abrar Chaudhury. 5 areas where VCs can play an outsized role in addressing climate change.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

That level of interest can’t have vanished entirely, but there will definitely be winners and losers. The mantra in 2022 is definitely “how and when can you get to profitability,” in contrast to 2021’s approach of “if you’re not growing the top line by over 5x, you’re not really trying.” Are you open to cold pitches?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

But over the years, it has forced Floodgate’s small team to sort through many thousands of pitches and identify those it thinks have the most potential. What is your definition of a big idea and how do you know when you see it? Writing so few checks, particular in a booming market, might prove frustrating to some investors.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

You do NOT have to have funding to start a business but you can definitely bootstrap it. 2) National Black MBA Association Scale-Up Pitch Challenge. The National Black MBA Association Scale-Up Pitch Challenge is another great source of funding for minority start-ups. If you have a suggestion to add to the list, just let me know.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Price was definitely a consideration. We are setting up the following process: every time a company mails us their pitch or further information, we send to a special email, e.g., inbound(@)versatilevc.com. 4) CRMs focused on finance/investment management. But to quote my wife, “we’re not rich enough to buy cheap.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Unless you’re a former CIO who already has a clear understanding of the decision-making process, you can only fall back on basic best practices that usually result in a generic sales pitch: “How do you do, fellow CIOs?” So that definitely stretched me in many ways.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

I’ve heard more than one tech person complain about how a lot of what is pitched and peddled as AI is not really that. Others are using what others may call AI but in the definition of what AI actually is, it is not.” Expanding beyond their original verticals “is what everyone in enterprise is doing right now.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but it definitely caught my attention for a few reasons. Here’s what a spokesperson told me: “Utility Bidder [is] a price comparison site for energy and utility rates, so they have a focus on business finances as well as energy as a whole.” Wondering why Utility Bidder cares about fintech?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. So in 2011 as a startup company if you can generate lots of demand you can definitely raise an A round of capital (say $3 million) at a $7 or 8 million pre-money valuation or slightly higher whereas just two years ago you would have struggled.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

Michaud would only confirm to me that it was “definitely an up-round,” which would put it at at least $1.7 ” He believes the more traditional rush of people doing in-person shopping is “definitely not gong to come back,” with groceries to be in the same position as restaurants in a couple of years.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

The startup was only founded in mid 2020 — launching its service in the UK last July — but it touts rapid domestic growth (100,000+ monthly downloads of its apps; reaching sixth position in the iOS App Store’s top finance apps); and is already gearing up for international expansion. On the contrary; it may do the opposite.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 29, 2011

I had an interesting conversation with an entrepreneur last week about how he decided which VCs he was going to pitch. I try and respond to pitches right away. So, if you ping me with "I'm still working my big corporate finance job. Hey Charlie, thanks for chatting with me at the pitch event. If I don't.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. Remember that you will have total control over who can see this material.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice. If you finished, bravo.

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