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Dream It

MARCH 6, 2020

Casey Berman was President of Operations for one of the Washington DC area’s largest privately held real estate development and management companies. Key Questions To Answer When Pitching Real Estate Tech VCs Is there demand for the product? You should pitch how to get higher rents.

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JULY 30, 2012

A number of VC firms have hired specialists in the area of recruiting. One of my potential investors called me the "lean VC". I mean, if you don't know any developers, how you are meeting them when they build something that you can fund? Are you waiting for them to pitch you? Others have partners with expertise in PR.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

His imagination of what is wrong with VC has captured perfectly in satirical format what ails our industry. It is Nikolas Tesla pitching a VC firm. The back-and-forth between Andy & me if anything I hope just raised the issue a bit more about entrepreneur & VC relationships. He knew me then. They are also sad.

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JUNE 26, 2012

I always get asked how to get into VC and so I think a lot about what it takes to do the job well. Practicing the word no as many times as a VC does means you have to fight not to have your mind close on you. I want your pitch to be the one I say yes to--and I want you to solve the inherent problems in your business model.

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APRIL 14, 2014

The main driver of the skew towards men getting venture capital, statistically, is that far more men are pitching. That means you actually have a *better* shot, statistically, of getting VC investment at these firms, statistically, once you actually pitch. Once again, that''s all stats and doesn''t really explain anything.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

It got me thinking about the advice that I often give to new VCs. For years I saw myself as the new guy in VC but then you wake up one day and realize that 50% of your peers have been doing it for less time than you and time has moved on. I don’t want any formal pitches. It’s exhausting. Perhaps unsustainable.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

But last week I noticed a blog post by a woman, Tara Tiger Brown, that asked the question, “ Why Aren’t More Women Commenting on VC Blog Posts? She has a quote from literally every major VC from whom you’d want to hear. My guess is that probably only 2-3 out of every hundred pitches I receive are from women.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This relationship also supplied Spleet with the critical network of landlords required to list multiple units when it went live; the pitch to landlords was that Spleet would bring proper KYC into the rental process and allow them to verify tenants and automate rent collection. Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind. Similarly, one VC may encourage newly minted CEOs to eat ramen and ride the bus, while another might suggest a salary in the low six-figures, depending on geography.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Venture capital or VC. Taking a look at an investor’s portfolio in search of companies that are somehow similar to yours will make it easier to craft a good, eye-catching pitch. Some types of funding cater more to some industries than others, and some are better for different stages of a startup’s development than others.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 9, 2023

Then, I stumbled upon PE/VC after chatting with a good college buddy of mine. Number two: develop an investment thesis of your own that is best suited to your skills, experience, and/or network. VC is a patient capital asset class — you won’t know how good of an investor you are until several years down the road.

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MARCH 25, 2013

At the centure of this quirky building that houses an advertising school , a yoga studio , and video production companies is Studiomates --"a collaborative workspace of designers, illustrators, bloggers, writers, and developers" run by Tina Eisenberg --perhaps better known as Swiss Miss. 55 Washington Street. via Brownstoner.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

There’s nothing wrong with these businesses but as a VC you tend to see 5 similar ideas all at the same time and knowing that it’s going to just come down to who executes the best it’s hard to pull the trigger on a A-round until you have more data on who’s winning. Truly, in many ways, my concern was the inverse of normal business pitches.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

No TechCrunch event is complete without a pitch-off showcasing early-stage startups from around the globe. Who will you be pitching to? The pitch-off will consist of three startup companies presenting for four seconds on the virtual stage, in front of the entire TC Sessions audience and our expert panel of judges.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2022

A Very Honest Guide to Writing Your Fundraise Pitch Deck How to optimise yours for success Congratulations! You know you need a pitch deck to do this and so fire up your slide software of choice and crack your knuckles, ready to wow. I’m an investor at Supernode Global , an early-stage VC fund based in London.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We’ve all embraced video calls, whether it is with our work colleague or our physician, but for developers, it remains a challenge to build both real-time audio and video features into products. The company provides APIs so developers can add those features into products or websites using just two lines of code.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

On Losing in VC. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! I’m talking about the hard fought battle. The one that you thought you had.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The Kenya-based marketplace also helps talent monetize their skills and VCs and angels to find, vet and execute deals. Berhane mentions that Pariti’s pitch assessment and recommendation engine also has some predictability features where the platform can tell how companies will perform with fundraising. “So

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

I’ve worked at early-stage startups where we relied on our best guesses to shape product pipelines and develop marketing strategies. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. Will quantum computing remain the domain of the specialist VC?

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

As part of my role as a partner of HealthInc, I sit on the jury for the startup competition in which 20 finalists pitch their ventures, with 10 then selected to enter the program. For example, remember to finish your point if you are interrupted during a pitch. Prepare to answer questions about all facets of your business.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

And more recently he has turned that into a fund called CrossCulture VC such that many in Silicon Valley and beyond now know Troy as well. Influencers are inundated with requests for their time and have to develop filters of whom they trust and therefore who can refer them deals.

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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. VC Ann Miura-Ko is looking to help more students answer the question: Is this idea big enough? by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch.

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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. Image Credits: The Last Gameboard.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

Shanea Leven is co-founder and CEO of CodeSee , a developer platform that helps developers and development teams better understand codebases. As one of a few Black female CEOs in the developer tools space, I’m often asked to comment on big, collective social issues centered in tech. Shanea Leven. Contributor.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

You’ve got to pitch investors, target the right customer, hone your business model and raise critical funding just in time. We try to assess whether the founder is coachable or not,” Luigi Congedo of the VC firm BootstrapLabs , said. “We Hoffman previously coached a startup that had developed a hardware/software tool to process videos.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

For IndieBio, a science and biotech accelerator run by VC firm SOSV, this unprecedented year offered high stakes and new challenges. billion , including companies like Memphis Meats, which develops cultured meat from animal cells; NotCo, a plant-based food brand; and Catalog, which uses organisms for data storage. Leaving the $3.2

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

TechCrunch is excited to announce the six companies pitching in person and onstage at TC Sessions Mobility 2022. Hailing from around the United States and the globe, founders will pitch on the main stage, for four minutes, followed by an intense Q&A with our expert panel of judges. Startups pitching on the main stage.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

It doesn’t mean you don’t develop a personal affinity – it’s best when you do! Specifically I’ve had the chance to spend meaningful time over the years with Michael Mignano as he went from startup CEO to Executive/Angel Investor and now VC Partner at Lightspeed.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

TechCrunch, in collaboration with these organizations and VC firms like Kleiner Perkins, Salesforce Ventures and Initialized Capital, provide these young founders with educational resources and mentorship over the course of a year. Tune in a get ready to take notes — the advice you hear could help you improve your pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Zurich tends to take the lion’s share, as the city’s embrace of startups has jump-started development, although Geneva and Lausanne are also hotspots. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. This has meant smaller exits, and thus less development for the ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

There, they share pitch materials and information about their business. The founder gets a detailed assessment with feedback on their pitch materials, the underlying metrics that they can use to develop their business and, their ability to raise capital down the line. A three-way marketplace. for law school.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Are you actually ready to pitch? When pitching, the startup has to put a number on the table. He started as an employee in the banking industry before building Neybar which gained hundreds of millions of investment from non-VC sources. Read more: How to Fundraise in Uncertain Times Are you truly ready to pitch?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Gone are the days when pitches to VCs would have to overcome skepticism on market size, and consumer readiness to adopt tech-enabled learning solutions. We used data primarily from Dealroom, with which we’ve developed an edtech-focused data platform. Firstly, European edtech VC investments tripled to $2.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you’re a founder who finds yourself in a meeting with a VC, try to remember two things: You’re the smartest person in the room. “If you’re going to get acquired, chances are you’re going to spend a lot of time with corporate development teams,” says Graham. I hope you have an excellent weekend.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

Zuckerberg, a co-organizer, part-time DJ and investor at Long Journey VC, says that they’re thinking of making it an annual event. Pitch decks and term sheets welcome too. No pitches, please. She adds, laughing, “if there’s any sponsorship, it would be from Sheel and Taco Bell.” At just 2.1%

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