Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. International money.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

The second day of Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day is now behind us, and the TechCrunch team is recovering from watching hundreds of pitches in quick succession. Recall that nearly 400 companies presented at YC Demo Day from a cohort of 414 in total. TechCrunch’s YC Demo Day favorites, part 2.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 25, 2011

bre.ad , a new startup launching whose founder has perfected the art of the conference pitch. No pitch, nothing more. You see, we hear a lot about elevator pitches, but to be honest, most short pitches really don't do your company justice. Can you really pitch a company in one sentence? No, not bread.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2012

The role of a customer experience person is simple: understand my customer and satisfy them by creating easy to use products that enable them to accomplish their goals. Plus, in such a connected world, at the seed stage, the "outside" bar is low--a good article, review, demo can be a difference maker and get you on the right radars.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Today and tomorrow, the biotech accelerator is hosting its twice-annual demo day. CEO Colin Bortner is working on a treatment for infertility and plans to enable families to have genetic children who can’t otherwise with current solutions. Over the years, the accelerator has created a portfolio of biotech companies valued at over $3.2

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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. The pitch: Spathios says it’s a marketplace to book short-term venues and spaces. Its platform aims to enable businesses to host meetings and events in some of the world’s most unique venues. Founded in: 2020. Founded in: 2021.

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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

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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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

With a rigorous selection process, only the most promising tech-enabled companies get the chance to pitch. Three pitching events happen on the first day of the Conference: Seed Stage, Early Stage, and Growth Stage companies. The Seed Stage Pitch competition winner will be awarded a $500,000 investment.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This year, as funding for female founders drops to 2017 levels , Feinzaig realized why accelerators, hers included, might not work for women as well as they work for men: demo day. The truth is, you don’t raise a round based on a 5-minute, highly scripted, polished and practiced on-stage pitch,” Feinzaig continued. “The

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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

JULY 28, 2022

We’re thrilled this new funding will enable us to continue to define this evolving industry and to help even more patients get the care they deserve.”. Having read all of this, I was curious to see how a company tells the above story in the form of a pitch deck to investors. Closing slide. Three things to love.

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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. a startup that enables on-demand repair of electric vehicle charging stations. Will Venture Capital Drive the Future of Mobility?

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Demo or mock data is better than no data. The products that CISOs love are those that enable their team to easily test drive and see the value. Remember, most CISOs detest typical sales-oriented pitches. You must be ready to accommodate the CISO’s staff’s tight schedules and be able to demonstrate value without their assistance.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

It’s the 33rd Demo Day of the well-known accelerator and holds the largest cohort yet. While the Demo Day for this year’s winter batch was held in a day, it’s two days for this summer batch. Today, 189 companies will pitch, while the rest will pitch tomorrow. include India, with 33 startups; the U.K.,

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Perhaps, they are in the midst of modernizing their sales infrastructure from simply Salesforce to a broader suite of call recording, marketing attribution, and sales content enablement. At the end of many sales pitches, a prospect would say, “I’ll take it all.”

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 5, 2023

We’re also enabling any YC company to opt into having their YC application video , written application answers , and Demo Day video public on the YC Startup Directory. Click into a company’s page to watch how the founders pitched their startup to group partners, like Gitlab and Webflow.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 27, 2025

Create a consistent demo : Develop a compelling product demonstration that clearly shows value and addresses pain points. Sales Enablement Equip your champions : Provide tools for champions to sell internally when you’re not in the room. Focus on value, not cost : Train reps to emphasize ROI rather than price.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 26, 2014

Earlier this week, I attended the Spring YCombinator Demo Day. As I listened to the pitches, I wondered if the types of startups founders decide to build at YC has changed over time and whether those trends are lagging or leading indicators of the market as a whole. I’ve been attending for six years now.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

“I released Yuma as a prototype for fun in mid-December 2022, and was overwhelmed with demo requests,” Luccisano said. In any case, it’s a reasonably compelling sales pitch. “That’s when I knew I was onto something and had to turn this into a real company, once again.” Only time will tell.

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Red Rocket

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

With the power of generative AI, sales leaders can automate various aspects of sales coaching, freeing up time for more strategic tasks and enabling them to focus on what matters most: driving revenue and leading their teams to success.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This included creating and updating product demos and recording radio and video ads. Murf’s platform includes an AI-enabled SaaS tool that helps users to generate “human-like” voices, typically for use in videos or presentations, without having procure complex and costly recoding equipment or hiring a voice artist.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

4:03] Jambot demo [7:02] Human vs. AI creativity [13:37] Applying AI to design [14:31] Startups vs. incumbents Will AI replace designers? I have a demo and I can show off some stuff. Jambot demo Dylan: If you haven’t seen FigJam, this is our whiteboarding and brainstorming product. The demo is a good example of that.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

But now, when I demo the platform, you can see their eyes light up. When we first started pitching Grapevine, people didn’t always get it right away. One of our most powerful features is the Search Sidebar, which enables employees to search, find, save, and share important information across their teams.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

YC-backed Curacel unveils new API platform that enables tech-led businesses to offer insurance. Promises include : “Nash enables finance teams to manage all their finance flows in one place and craft their money flow experiences globally. Website : [link]. Founded in : 2021. Team size : 22 . Location : Lagos, Nigeria.

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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. Somewhat relatedly, Y Combinator just wrapped up its latest Demo Day. Writing so few checks, particular in a booming market, might prove frustrating to some investors.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

The opportunities we have been providing are an entrance point to becoming part of a community that enables you to create new economic models. A Demo Day with a star-studded jury and an investor pitch with international business Angel Investors with our Impact Hub Milan partners. We organized a number of events.

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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. ” Startups making meat alternatives are gaining traction worldwide.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

After two years as a virtual event, we’re back in person and TechCrunch is going big with a main stage, outdoor space for demos and exhibits, and even a pitch-off. . W ith less than two months to go until TC Sessions: Mobility, I wanted to share that you have until April 1 to save $300 on passes. .

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. The problem they were solving was not one I had experienced, and the product demo didn’t work very well at the time. Drew Houston was born in Acton, and met his co-founder Arash Ferdowsi at MIT.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For VentureCrush FG. “ Pando Daily wrote : “VentureCrushFG takes no equity, there is no co-working space, and no demo day. Congratulations! Google AI for Social Good. The application process is not advertised.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

“It was actually pitched back to us that it’s cheaper to use our batteries to power other ships, that way you don’t have to build a substation at every dock.” While they’re just making their debut at Y Combinator’s Demo Day in the latest winter cohort, FleetZero has already raised $3.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Demoing as part of the Battlefield 200 cohort at TC Disrupt this week, Zette is trying to achieve something that others before have tried. A new startup wants to help online media outlets make money by making it easier for consumers to access paywalled content without being locked in to multiple subscriptions. readers,” Zhu said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

YC Demo Day(s) happened this past week , and fellow fintech reporter and Equity Podcast co-host Natasha Mascarenhas brilliantly led editorial coverage of the event. The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete.” Can’t we all just get along?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

TechCrunch once again spent much of the day watching a parade of startups present as part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 cohort, Demo Day part two. That said, we don’t know the precise monetization method of every software startup that pitched, so we could be undercounting. And that’s day two in the books!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

With new technology enabling better, faster and easier-to-use software to build better, faster and easier-to-use products, the market is becoming busier by the second. Before growth hacking, before digital marketing, before pitching Wired or TechCrunch and long before you ever push that submit button on Apple.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Impact Hub Kigali is part of the process and has recently concluded the Circular Economy (CE) Acceleration Program, a unique 6-month program dedicated to enabling startups to become more circular. From the initial questions, the network moved to testing and piloting with local Impact Hubs.

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