demo startup venture capital 
StartupNation
MAY 16, 2025
Funding a startup can be challenging, especially if you’re new to the game. What are the options, benefits, and risks of alternative financing for a startup? Startups may seek alternatives to bank loans for several reasons. Today, there are many more options, a development that has opened the doors to more startups.
StartupNation
JUNE 4, 2025
I treated the product demo as a live slide. For example, when pitching a renewable energy startup, I used a visual timeline to showcase the growth of the clean energy market, highlighting the potential for exponential returns. I also incorporated a live demo section to enable investors to see the tool in action.
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This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 2, 2012
Similarly, picking seed investors for your first startup in and around the craziness of an accelerator demo day can be just as scarring over the long term. In fact, you'd probably be better off both deciding on a tat on demo day. Trivia question: What active startup investor has the most tats? How active are they?
Dream It
JULY 31, 2019
Being self-sustainable has given us a new perspective on startup funding, especially compared to what I experienced on my first accelerator run. The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
If you demo your product (which is always great) then tell us part of the story while you’re demo’ing. Also, asking is not appropriate at a marquee conferences like TechCrunch50, DEMO, Twiistup and the like. Where you planning to demo? Have someone else drive the demo – Don’t try to be super human.
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 19, 2013
There''s been a lot of innovation in the startup fundraising world in the last couple of years--Angellist, Second Market, accelerators, etc. Hunter Walk''s post on demo days really does a good job of summarizing how I feel about this: ".I’m Venture Capital & Technology'
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 14, 2012
Sun's space was for it's customer assistance unit and Cornell just had a demo space patched into a supercomputer back on campus. Despite the attempts at seeding things way downtown, Flatiron and Soho is where tech startups grew, just like today. These are people whose business it is to support startups. So why didn't it work?
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