This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Clearly he assumed that he was using some kind of username, and that it was a gang reference of some sort--like, "Young Blood" as in the bloods and the crips or something to that affect. What about pitch competitions that sound like Ancient Roman death matches? The person goes on to blame the uncommonness of the name.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

But a nut that is yet to be cracked is how to add measurable outcomes to the mix. As with every edtech startup, a common tension exists : the platform has to be hard enough to teach consumers something, but fun (or easy) enough for them to actually use it. Over 50,000 students have used its platform to date, the company claims.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Configuring a robot to mix cement is easy, but delivering a CementTron 3000 to a job site, training employees on its use, and keeping it maintained are not the kinds of disruptions builders are looking for, especially when margins are so thin and experienced workers are hard to find. Pitch Deck Teardown: BoxedUp’s $2.3M

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Now, a promising travel startup that saw its growth arrested by the arrival and persistence of the pandemic is announcing a $97 million financing facility to help it stay the course until it can finally resume normal business. In October, GetYourGuide closed a convertible note of $133 million.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

To that end, Breadfast , an online grocery delivery company that wants to become a regional leader in the sector has raised $26 million in Series A financing from an impressive group of investors. In 2017 when Breadfast launched, the more prominent companies either used marketplace or aggregator models: think Instacart and Postmates.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If your business sells a unique product, consider using a crowdfunding site like Kickstarter or Indiegogo to raise funds. Pitching to an angel investor is a great way to validate your business, and there are many angel investor groups across the world. Your goal is to create a compelling and well-organized narrative for your reader.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Arvind Gupta, an investor at Mayfield Fund and founder of accelerator IndieBio, reviews several hundred pitch decks each year. “In Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. For a larger Series A check.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

My ears perked up when I got this pitch, as it’s a concept that hasn’t come across my inbox in all my years of covering fintech. WhatsApp has built this payment feature using Stripe Connect and Stripe Checkout solutions, making in-app payments available online and offline. More here. “In He noted that the company raised $6.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

“A lot of founders mix up raising money with making money.” That’s why Clearbanc, a startup I have covered for years, has always had a compelling pitch. That’s why Clearbanc, a startup I have covered for years, has always had a compelling pitch. in my alternative financing panel next week for TC Sessions: Justice.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

There’s been a profusion of startups emerging in the last year around the concept of rolling up smaller e-commerce businesses — operations that mainly sell and distribute their products on marketplace platforms like Amazon’s — using economies of scale to bring them together to run and grow them more efficiently.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The IPO market is sending us mixed messages. Founder and investor Melissa Bradley outlines how to nail your virtual pitch meeting. At TechCrunch Early Stage, she led a session on how to nail your virtual pitch meeting. Have a great weekend.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

market, pitched as “authentic, real-time AI search.” Generative AI , essentially, describes the process of using algorithms to create (“generate”) new content. market in June 2021 , and later went on to add a free “basic” tier to the mix with certain restrictions in place.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Why I’m using a credit facility to grow my startup. With a credit line, early-stage companies can ramp up hiring and product development, using additional resources to validate ideas in the marketplace. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

When she was building Backstage, she began using runners in her own life, hiring people for one-day help while meeting founders across the country. As for financing, Hamilton initially bootstrapped the company and, within the first 100 days, raised a $500,000 angel round. The Runner team provided the pitch deck. “It’s

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. Parthean teaches personal finance to young professionals.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Unit itself is not a labor union, but instead helps worker-organizers set up, affiliate and manage a union with a mix of software and human resources. The startup has a step-by-step process of how to virtually unionize a workplace that it offers for free public use on its website. Janitorial entrepreneurship.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. My background is finance, investments and operations.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. With the release of iCloud, that's less of an advantage now than it used to be. Adding a phone to that mix as the person paying seeing unnecessarily complicated, especially given the battery life issue.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2017

There are a number of great examples of publicly available pitch materials, so draw from ones that you like the most. Mix in humor to show your personality. Consider a website that separately contains useful materials, depending on the cycle of your business. Rehearse your presentation. But, most importantly, be brief.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

The startup was only founded in mid 2020 — launching its service in the UK last July — but it touts rapid domestic growth (100,000+ monthly downloads of its apps; reaching sixth position in the iOS App Store’s top finance apps); and is already gearing up for international expansion. On the contrary; it may do the opposite.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

TechCrunch reported that Fund VII, made up of a $550 million early-stage fund and a $500 million growth-stage fund, will be used to back “fintech companies primarily in the U.S., Today’s announcement adds Africa to the mix. the United Kingdom, Latin America and Southeast Asia.”

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. We think it’s a matter of products, but history shows us it takes more than just products and technology to create the sweeping changes. Power Pitches. If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

I started out as a lawyer, corporate finance lawyer, for about two and a half years. I was in that pitch too, kind of a year and a half ago when I was leaving. What better way than to sell it through mission-critical vertical SaaS which they’re using to run the businesses, and we kind of run in the background, much like an Uber.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. Can you just describe the MOC to our audience, what it is, and why you guys are so passionate about using it? The mission is the elevator pitch. How can we help the team get calibrated on the role?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

It’s why raising a round of capital often feels like a hollow victory because it almost feels like a temporary reprieve from the Grim Reaper and in a way every new round just sets the bar higher to clear for the next round of financing or the hope of reaching profitability. One very effective way is to use your broader team.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 3, 2019

We do the work of sorting through the pitch decks of everyone and their mother, finding the diamonds in the rough, helping them turn an idea into something that looks like a company—and we do it for a fraction of the management fees of our later stage counterparts. That’s not what seed funds are doing. Here’s a very plain vanilla model.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

I asked 10 investors who actively and frequently back fintech startups a few questions such as what criteria they use when evaluating potential investments and what is the best way to pitch them. They even shared how you could pitch them, which if you’re a scrappy startup seeking funding, could be very valuable information.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

I’d be lying if I told you that every week was an embarrassment of riches here at Actuator HQ (a one-bedroom in a Queens office managed by a mischievous lionhead rabbit mix), but I’ve thus far been happy with the flow of news. The pitch arrived along with a five-paragraph summary of his accomplishments.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 25, 2016

You should also have your total market potential and total addressable market locked down when pitching an expansion. There are plenty of reasons a stash of funds could mean the life or death of your business, and those fears rise exponentially when another office is added to the mix. Consider alternate locations and remote options.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

At least, that sales pitch from Hippocratic AI , which emerged from stealth today with a whopping $50 million in seed financing behind it and a valuation in the “triple digit millions.” ” AI in healthcare, historically, has been met with mixed success. Babylon Health , an AI startup backed by the U.K.’s

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

It sounds obvious, but the majority of entrepreneurs who pitch me have obviously never thought through many of the major issues surrounding their companies. With #1 – #3 under your belt, you should start preparing the components you will use to support your pitch to outside investors. Understand your business.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Moove helps finance vehicles for ride-hailing drivers, which appears to be a growth market. To kick off, our own Walter Thompson has a great investor survey up today that attacks the question of how to pitch venture capitalists as a founder. And speaking of pitching, we have a great piece up looking at how Snorkel.AI

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

Forerunner General Partner Eurie Kim and Oura CEO Harpreet Rai joined us on Extra Crunch Live to discuss the process of taking Oura to the next level — and beyond — as the product found a second (or third) life during the pandemic through partnerships with sports leagues like the NBA. Within 24 hours, tens of thousands of people had used it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In 2021, one-third of all unicorns created were fintech companies: investor FOMO, increased use of digital payments, BNPL, and other financial services created a gravitational field that attracted more than one out of every five dollars VCs invested last year. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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