This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Do you think there is more money out there looking for good opportunities, or more fantastic opportunities? There was a time not too long ago when VC bios read "Fab investor", "Quirky investor", and "Gilt investor". Even if you're not one of the worst, and you strive to do your best everyday, a VC isn't perfect.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. All signs point to a continued abundance of opportunities for startup founders and investors in the year ahead.”. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. Will quantum computing remain the domain of the specialist VC?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

If you want a very quick primer on all the stuff nobody ever tells you about raising venture capital check out this video where Mark Jeffrey & I break it down on This Week in VC. All of this is covered in more detail on the TWiVC video above (and much of it is covered in text on this blog on the “ Raising VC &# tab).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It turns out that while later-stage investors, mostly international VC firms, grabbed headlines by writing immense checks, pre-seed and seed-stage investors were instrumental to the growth of the continent’s tech ecosystem. We definitely noticed deals were happening slower,” said Karima El Hakim, country director of Plug and Play Egypt. “A

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2019

If there’s any one thing I’ve focused on in my VC career, it’s trying to give real, actionable feedback to founders. I’ve made a bet that if a founder pitches me, whether or not I fund them, if I make the process worthwhile by telling them exactly why I couldn’t get there, they’re likely to recommend that other founders do the same.

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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. Then I realized that it's probably not obvious what the dynamics are around how VCs tend to get introduced to companies and what works best for people, so I figured I'd blog about it. The Cold Intro. If I don't.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

As the company’s CEO and co-founder Shail Mehta explained in a TC Early Stage pitch-off earlier this year, The Last Gameboard is a 16-inch square touchscreen device with a custom OS and a sophisticated method of tracking game pieces and hand movements. If the pitch sounds familiar… it’s been attempted once or twice before.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Six active biotech investors we surveyed recently told us that the macro environment has definitely had a big impact on deal flow, valuations and M&A in biotech. ” This isn’t necessarily bad news for venture capitalists, who seize opportunities that others aren’t even looking at. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

Becca’s latest for TC+ — use code EQUITY for 50% off an annual membership — gets into why the hiring slide in the pitch deck is no longer going to be a throwaway part of the presentation. All to say, there’s definitely an opportunity to find talent if you are hiring. Expect more scrutiny. Smart, and common. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Yet, the sector is very much alive, and the “correction” of these companies’ valuations presents an opportunity for those who have cash left on their balance sheets, investors told TechCrunch. ” VC money is definitely drying up for some, such as neo-insurers whose unit economics are under scrutiny. .

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2019

It’s not actually surprising that investors bought into it, considering that for a long time, VCs have focused on one particular archtype of leader as being more worthy of venture investment than others—the bold, confident visionary who will talk big in the pitch meeting. you ever heard.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Here’s why it’s important, Hall tells me: “ There wasn’t a definitive yes or no about pushing the gas pedal on [alternative egg startups] getting more product out there. So perhaps this kind of environment presents a very scrambled opportunity , pun intended.” You can find more information about the event here.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Definitely in the top 7. Startups and VC “Our story starts 15 years ago,” Frédéric Utzmann, founder and CEO of Effy, told Romain. Let me insure you : Anna talks to six VCs who explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech. PDT, subscribe here. Thursdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Startups and VC With so many fintechs laying off staff, it can be easy to assume that the entire industry is in distress, but that’s not the case. In fact, some companies are finding opportunity in the masses of layoffs, Mary Ann discovers. Here’s who is hiring. And in some cases, they may not be able to exert much authority.

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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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OCTOBER 12, 2020

We started talking about cycling and electronic shifters (which I definitely couldn’t afford) when he mentioned this new company. I was there for the first Etsy VC pitch meeting in a Fort Greene apartment. I’ve had to start muting libertarian VC Twitter. Nowadays, the usual NYC suspects for raising aren’t really around.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 13, 2021

We’ve been much more successful in pitching old rather than new relationships. By definition, placement agents only introduce a fund to new relationships. . Many VC LPs are investing not just for returns, but because they want to learn more about the space, get access to co-investment opportunities, network with disrupters, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

I know that “mission driven” sounds nebulous or some convenient definition of anything we want to fund. When a founder is “opportunity driven” it’s too easy to quit at the first bump in the road. Truly, in many ways, my concern was the inverse of normal business pitches. But really it’s something I look for.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 6, 2024

“At that point I was like, OK, there’s an opportunity here.” ” Find the right person Wei started reaching out to more facilities directly… but it’s not every day someone calls the front desk of a healthcare facility with a product pitch. And I’m not a robot — I was crushed.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

E-commerce, fintechs and the rapid digitization of the region’s SME workforce are a few of the factors reshaping the landscape for Southeast Asia’s startups, but supply chain technology is also a major opportunity, Anand says. Heavily VC-backed salad chain Sweetgreen heads toward public markets. That was amazing!

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TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

So, by definition, they generally have a really interesting mission or purpose that may be more appealing to tech professionals.” Evette Ellis and Ben Schippers took to the main stage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 to share how their companies capitalized on the new opportunities presented by the electric transportation revolution.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. In addition, their portfolios look far more diverse than VC industry norms. Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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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

AUGUST 23, 2022

Alongside a16z founder Marc Andreessen, general partner Chris Dixon has been integral to the firm’s rise as a giant in the crypto VC world — he was an early investor in startups such as Coinbase, Uniswap and Oculus VR. It’s a pitch that has landed thousands of members and, most recently, a billion-dollar valuation as of May 2022.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

. “We can improve both outcomes and costs by moving care from the hospital back to the place it started — at home,” they write in a post that explores five innovations enabling at-home care and identifies investment opportunities like acute care and infrastructure development. startup funding events.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

“Enterprise expenditure on custom software is on track to double from $250 billion in 2015 to $500 billion in 2020,” so we’ll definitely be diving deeper into this topic in the coming months. For starters: he’s never had an opportunity to pitch at a VC firm where there was another Black person in the room.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. Spend time researching your buyers and not just pitching them.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

It sounds obvious, but the majority of entrepreneurs who pitch me have obviously never thought through many of the major issues surrounding their companies. A good beginning would be Bill Payne’s The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels, available as a free download from [link]. Understand your business.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Some people have definitively had better experience than others. I won''t ever be offended if you tell me, "Actually, we were looking for a VC who has backed a company that has gone public.". Sometimes, I see people on venture capital panels that aren''t even VCs! Some analysts definitely say that. You''re smart.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Startups and VC. I was intrigued by Struck Capital’s $15 million venture studio and was a little alarmed when the founders suggested they use the “thousands of pitches” they receive to inform which companies they choose to build. Here’s a link to Found on all your favorite podcasting platforms. I love ’em so!

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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. As insurtech valuations have become more realistic, many companies are probing, looking for M&A opportunities,” Wechsler said. “I VC return expectations might deliver valuations that a founder perceives as too low.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 13, 2021

We’ve been much more successful in pitching old rather than new relationships. By definition, placement agents only introduce a fund to new relationships. . Many VC LPs are investing not just for returns, but because they want to learn more about the space, get access to co-investment opportunities, network with disrupters, etc.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

Subbing in for Walter today as he’s enjoying a well-deserved break and definitely not still checking the site.). 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. Eric Eldon. But will it?

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

While the term “Pre-Seed” may have been what grabbed the event headline, today’s conference was really about how seed continues to change and presents both opportunities and challenges for investors, founders, and LPs. Below are my brief notes & high-level takeaways from the sessions.

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