TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Thousand Faces , a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program. The demo day coincided with International Women’s Day and featured women-led businesses focused on sustainable development goals (SDGs).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Along with demo space, a $725 Early-Stage Startup Demo Package includes: Four event passes to help your team maximize time and opportunities. Networking done right with our AI-powered CrunchMatch platform. Networking at TechCrunch is opportunity’s secret sauce. Why not make yours one of them? It’s also a bonafide bargain.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

However, historically most private equity professionals were former investment bankers and other finance professionals. Preqin (free demo). Grey House (free demo). Expert networks. Expert network firms source subject matter experts from various domains and pair them with clients seeking topical or industry insights.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

To cut through the noise, he recommends that founders create a “teaser trailer” to share with their network before they begin approaching angels and VCs. Our favorite startups from YC’s Winter 2022 Demo Day, part 1. Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day this year featured 414 startups from 42 countries across over 80 sectors.

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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. It says its network offers network effects, too — customers have access to all of the retailers on the platform. There we are in the front row in 2016 , surrounded by investors, typing away.).

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 18, 2024

On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, the second cohort of Bridge2 founders took the stage at Tulsa’s Agora Event Center for Demo Day. Being able to meet new founders, get access to different connections, and grow your own network is something that is always amazing.” The other side of it is experiential.

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StartupNation

MAY 16, 2025

What are the options, benefits, and risks of alternative financing for a startup? Alternative financing is any kind of financing that does not involve a traditional bank. They may seek alternative funding as a supplement to traditional financing. What is Alternative Funding? They are turned down for a traditional loan.

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Y Combinator

JULY 20, 2021

Given the number of YC companies raising Series As every year, you’ll have an unparalleled understanding of how these financings happen and the early-stage funding ecosystem. This is a great role for someone who is passionate about startups and interested in learning more about them. Learn more.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

If you’re business has complicated accounting (like many ad network businesses) and if you’re raised enough money to warrant it – a great VP Finance is worth his/her weight in gold. A small refuge from a busy day of shaking hands and demo’ing products.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. It provides mentorship, networking, and equity-free grants up to $50,000. The program contains events focused on specific topics and concludes with a final demo day with investors.

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StartupNation

JUNE 4, 2025

I treated the product demo as a live slide. They could then see for themselves how the AI-powered web scraping solution would affect their finances. I also incorporated a live demo section to enable investors to see the tool in action. That order carried more weight than traditional pitch sequencing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). Before they even launched, Mike and his team started bringing in hundreds of influencers from NYC’s technology ecosystem to their office to give them a private demo. How Hashable Got Buzz.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

VC Financings: 1. It seems the focus on “virtual&# goods has been both the demo of the consumer as well as the fact that by definition virtual goods have almost no marginal costs to the seller so giving a huge slice to the carrier (and Zong) isn’t a problem since actual costs are ~ $0.

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Y Combinator

JUNE 8, 2021

This is an exciting opportunity to work side by side with our legal and finance teams on all aspects of the onboarding and diligence process for our portfolio companies. Learn more. Product Engineer – Y Combinator : Join a small-but-mighty software team that builds the OS that runs all of YC. Learn more.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

However, historically most private equity professionals were former investment bankers and other finance professionals. Preqin (free demo). Grey House (free demo). Expert Networks. Expert Network firms source subject matter experts from various domains and pair them with clients seeking topical or industry insights.

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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. Lemonade Finance (Nigeria). Y Combinator’s summer batch of 2021 features 377 startups from 47 countries.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

You’re also sort of no longer running your classic three-month type accelerator program, which finishes on, say, a demo day. So we’ve also eliminated these high-end production demo days, the big events. When we see great talent coming through in great companies, we’re not waiting for a demo day to showcase that.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 11, 2021

YC is hiring across many of our teams, including Admissions, Continuity, Software, People Ops and Finance. Given the number of YC companies raising Series As every year, you’ll have an unparalleled understanding of how these financings happen and the early-stage funding ecosystem. Find out more about the open roles here.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. There are moments like being on stage when your demo crashes, reading about your competitors raising a ton of cash or having one of your top team members resign that test your will. I was baffled. It was 2007.

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Y Combinator

MAY 10, 2023

I’d rather have a co-founder than do it alone and had a full pipeline with people from my network and other startup communities. When things like fundraising, hiring, finances, etc. The commitment and finance pieces were important to me to be aligned on from the get-go. What was your process for evaluating co-founders?

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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. Gust takes advantage of the cloud, and you should, too.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

As an early-stage entrepreneur, anchoring the fundraising around a specific time such as Techstars Demo Day or Y Combinator offers a chance to brand the fundraiser and create a lot of buzz around that time. Fundraising is centered around who you know, and the best way to meet and know CEOs and investors is by joining their networks naturally.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

This prime networking real estate can beget ample opportunity — discover a unicorn-in-the-making, find that co-founder or the engineer you’ve been searching for. Connect, network and collaborate to drive your business to the next level. You’ll find dozens of exciting new early-stage mobility startups in the expo area.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For example, a sense of needing to keep up with these technology advancements from leadership can be translated down to a VP of Consumer Finance who needs to grow a consumer banking app while battling fintech upstarts and who may be thinking about using AI products to do so–which your product could help enable.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

The phrase may be meant to make people with imposter syndrome remember the importance of a simple cold emails, but it often comes off as a rebranded way to remind people that exclusive networks rule the world. The disconnect between Y Combinator Demo Day and due diligence. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch. RIP Y Combinator.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It’s your chance to meet, mingle and network with mobility’s movers, shakers, shippers and unicorn makers under one roof at the spacious San Mateo County Event Center. You’ll find demos spanning the range of mobility tech, including the latest in scooters, e-bikes, EVs and autonomous vehicles. Who’s at the top of your must-meet list?

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In “The Social Network,” it’s when this coding, viral platform genius that we’ve been introduced to, gets presented with the Harvard Connect idea by the Winklevii and decides to steal it. Mainly the demo day deck, the email deck and the meeting deck. Demo Day pitch. Email deck. Product slide.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

That’s now been topped up with seed financing to get a prototype to market later this month. So there could soon be a bunch of apps built atop its network touting social networking services without the meddling hand of Big Tech. Dfinity launches an open-source platform aimed at the social networking giants.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

After participating in the three-month-long program which culminates in a Demo Day on March 23rd, Djamo will also take part in Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program , an avenue for the company to leverage the fintech giant’s network to introduce new payment experiences.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2022

It’s your chance to meet, mingle and network with mobility’s movers, shakers, shippers and unicorn makers under one roof at the spacious San Mateo County Event Center. You’ll find demos spanning the range of mobility tech, including the latest in scooters, e-bikes, EVs and autonomous vehicles. Who’s at the top of your must-meet list?

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Brick & Mortar Ventures , headed by Darren Bechtel of the Bechtel family, is teaming up with BuiltWorlds , which describes itself as a network of buildings and infrastructure professionals, to launch an early-stage accelerator program called Formwork Labs. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

And then for the follow-on financing, it ranges in terms of what the person needs and also [it’s tied to] when we invest into that company, so it ranges in valuation, as well. I guess our network of friends and family and founders is technically our scouts. Somewhat relatedly, Y Combinator just wrapped up its latest Demo Day.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

The idea was to invest $25,000 and take the startups through a three-month accelerator program culminating in a Demo Day. I’ve built that network within the startup ecosystem and reputation as an angel always ready to help. The plan was to run LeadPath like Y Combinator but it didn’t take off as planned.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

He learned about Bilt from a colleague who attended a proptech conference where Jain demoed the Bilt card. This is the company’s first major external financing round and will be used to expand its real estate and loyalty partner network, grow its distribution channels and make its platform credit card more widely available to the public.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

An online day will follow on May 20 to give our audience, including those who were unable to attend, a chance to tune in online and catch highlights from the live event, network and watch the full sessions. Buy your general admission or early-stage startup demo package today before prices increase.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Expo Hall & Demo Booths. Meet and network with fellow investors attending TechCrunch Disrupt at this Investor Luncheon OPEN TO INVESTOR TICKET TYPES ONLY. You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. Investor Reception. Receptions | 12:00 pm .

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Education - Examples include General Assembly runs a substantial education program and YCombinator operates Startup School and First Growth’s Venture Network. 500Startups, among others, offers mentor networks. 500Startups, among others, offers mentor networks.

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