Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. I keep meaning to get him drunk to spill the stories.

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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. Of course, some VCs still get an early look, in part by mentoring the startups. Pictured, top of page: Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson talking with guests at Pear’s demo day, last week in Menlo Park, Calif.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

What is a principal at a VC firm and how does it work at Upfront Ventures? ” Associates have different functions at different VCs. VC firm admin. VC firm policy or fund analysis. Helping be the VC “presence” at key events. inside insight into VC decision-making. Industry reviews.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Venture Capital: Fueling Growth Venture capitalists (VCs) are the powerhouse behind many successful startups, providing the substantial funding needed to scale operations, enter new markets, and drive growth. Following the afternoon Techstars Demo Day is the Female Founders in Innovation Dinner.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. Preqin (free demo). Grey House (free demo). Thank you to my co-author for this essay, Paulina Symala, a Consultant at Oliver Wyman and a past intern of Versatile VC. Private Equity. Venture Capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

So what attracted Howard Morgan, the VC with the hottest hand in NYC as of late ( Turntable.fm , Fab.com ), to bring the investment back to First Round? Joe and Mary Bureaucrat who don't even use the internet because Smalltown, USA blocks it as the decisionmakers. Ugh, right? Except that its working. how many salespeople do you have?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Expo Hall & Demo Booths. They’ll unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines and will wade through the hype to keep you up-to-date on the world of business, tech and VC. Breaking Into the Healthcare Monolith: Strategies for working with Payors and Providers with InterSystems. Investor Reception.

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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. The most active African investors were involved in 15-20 deals, according to a report on African VC activity in 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. Buy your general admission or early-stage startup demo package today before prices increase. How to Land Early-Stage Funding. Turning an AV Innovation into a Product.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. Buy your general admission or early-stage startup demo package today before prices increase. How to Land Early-Stage Funding. Turning an AV Innovation into a Product.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. Buy your general admission or early-stage startup demo package today before prices increase. How to Land Early-Stage Funding. Turning an AV Innovation into a Product.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Understand Personality Types – One of the benefits of working for a big company (Accenture) was that we had lots of speakers come in and train us in topics like leadership, creativity, presentations, strategy, etc. And because as a VC or as a CEO or senior exec you get presented to all the time we’re extra sensitive to it.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

She has been a thought-leader in tech for the past 8 years, her newsletter has 25k subscribers, she was named one of Bloomberg’s 100 Influential Latinos of 2022 , and she has spoken at numerous panels including at TechCrunch Disrupt, L’Attitude, NFT NYC, and a16z’s Google’s demo day at LA Tech Week 2023. I am proud to say that Alphaa.io

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Today I’m handing her the largest A-round check I’ve ever written as a VC as we lead her $10 million A-Round at uBeam. They demoed the electricity transfer with a physical device that looked like something that would never be allowed on an airplane. When I first met Meredith Perry she was 24. But it seemed to work.

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

While it may not have taken the shape they had originally envisioned, Brandenburg and Grill’s freemium distribution strategy is what created the MP3’s network effect it needed to dominate the market, even against more technologically sophisticated formats. Let the other A&Rs scout bands, and go to nightclubs, and fall in love with demos.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. VentureCrush FG. “ Pando Daily wrote : “VentureCrushFG takes no equity, there is no co-working space, and no demo day. The application process is not advertised. Most applicants come from referrals.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

Your product demo crushed. At night I had a group dinner where I met 6 new entrepreneurs and hung out with some old friends from law firms, banks and other VC funds. In fact, my personal fund raising strategy is to attend the first meeting by myself. You had an amazing meeting with an investor. The dialog was great.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, products and services that will compete for VC and consumer attention over the next few years. That startup was DoorDash, by the way.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

has now employed the same strategy. Get yourself in a big demo day competition. I’m a VC. And of course many small acquisitions work for the buyers when there is a clear strategy for owning the asset or a clear alignment with the team you’re acquiring. And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

After demo day, we got a call from a European gym equipment manufacturer. (An But we’d already signed a term sheet with a VC. A month after closing our VC-led seed round, we got another call. But a strategy isn’t based on hope. I’m going to be the next Steve Jobs. The next Mark Zuckerberg. They love our vision.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

Our very first customer was a VC who also ended up investing in us. Because we were in YC, VCs are always excited to talk to YC companies and that’s… Michael Babineau [12:36] – They’re trying to figure out who is in the batch and then try to invest before demo deck. Right, so imagine you’re a VC.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

April 28, 2023 ChatGPT parent company OpenAI closes $300M share sale at $27B-29B valuation VC firms including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive and K2 Global are picking up new shares, according to documents seen by TechCrunch. A source tells us Founders Fund is also investing. How does ChatGPT handle data privacy?

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

At Versatile VC , our new VC fund, we’re creating an online community just for founders who are in transition, Founders’ Next Move. Talk with VCs in your space. Many VCs keep a list of ideas they think have high potential. Versatile VC posts publicly our list of startup ideas we want to fund. . Work as a VC Scout.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Saswat Panigrahi , who joined Waymo in 2016 and was most recently vice president of strategy, product management and data science, is taking the CPO spot. Embark conducted a public demo to show how its autonomous trucks would interact with emergency vehicles and law enforcement in Texas. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It’s demo day season. This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. Elsewhere on Demo Day, Lydia.ai The moonshots. One year after the rebrand.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

For decades, there were several blocks where angels and VC partners camped out at café tables, taking pitches between lattes. 5 things first-time founders must remember when working with VCs. DeWitt, who became a VC after selling Drop, Inc. ” 5 things first-time founders must remember when working with VCs. .”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

If you want to see how this works come check out our Nov 10th event in LA and you can see TextPlus demo their iOS5 integration and how they think about the importance of working hand-in-hand with Twitter for their free text messaging apps. Object Communications. Corporations are monitoring service outages based on user Tweets.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Each founder has trained with the Startup Battlefield team to develop their pitch, craft their stories, polish their launch strategy, strengthen their go-to-market and create amazing live product demos so you can see the innovation firsthand.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Head to the agenda and plan your strategy. Visit their virtual booths, get a product demo and start a conversation. Don’t miss the expert VC guidance in these two sessions: Crafting a Pitch Deck that Can’t Be Ignored and Pitch Deck Teardown. Soak up the pitch deck teardowns and the VC presentations.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Now that seemingly every VC has turned their attention to the category he told TechCrunch he’s glad he’s been in it for so long and therefore will not make some of the mistakes newer entrants will. “It’s so easy to throw together a vertical AI demo,” Winfield told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Startups and VC “Our story starts 15 years ago,” Frédéric Utzmann, founder and CEO of Effy, told Romain. Because it takes “about 15 touches for a prospect to want to see a demo,” Tong authored a TC+ guide for early-stage CEOs who need guidance around hiring and incentivizing SDR teams.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Demo slide. ” — go-to-market strategy slide. “Our competition is structurally unable to address this niche.” It makes sense; at a moment in which software has eaten most of the world, there aren’t actually that many people in VC who fully and deeply grok what it takes to build a hardware product.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

million seed round of funding a year after being founded and a few months since it presented at the accelerator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day in March. Therefore, low entry barriers for forest owners, automation and efficiency are central to our product strategy,” she suggests. eAgronom closes $7.4M

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

” Of course, YC companies typically have very strong decks and get meetings easily with top VC firms. We almost always require a demo, or at least a mockup. Building out your customer acquisition strategy: Digishop Media. Some examples: Sample VC Due Diligence Request List. Include resume highlights.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. They picked apart holes in our strategy and they were right. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. The first attention we started getting was after we launched the company publicly at Demo on September 25th of this year.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. 2 weeks later and we may never have raised any more VC. We hired a head of technology, a head of customer service, a head of marketing, a head of strategy (which no startup should ever hire) a CFO and, ugh, 33 developers.

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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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