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. One of the primary ones is the referral source.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Each respondent was kind enough to let us know how they want to be pitched, and for grins, one shared an example of a cold e-mail that worked,” she writes. 10 fintech investors discuss what they’re looking for and how to pitch them in Q1 2022. How to find a job as a scout for a VC firm. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I’m surprised at how many funding pitches I get which lack some of the basic information which investors require before funding. 50% of these meetings led to pitches to individual partners. About 30% of partner pitches led to full partnership pitches. I suggest use the Founder Institute Mad Libs elevator pitch.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was mainly educated in accounting and finance. As the team is not from a VC background, the typical investment strategy for seed or early-stage fund on diversifying into a portfolio of companies and then follow-on investments into potential winners is simply not in our DNA who came from corporate finance and business advisory background.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2013

Pitch-it-myself test : I stop a few partners in the office and give them the pitch to test their reactions. In a sense, I’m getting their cursory opinions and some skewed market feedback, but I’m also testing the pitch, the go-to-market and the top level attractiveness of the company. How might a startup disrupt this market?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Embedded finance will help fill the life insurance coverage gap. There’s latent demand for life insurance currently unaddressed by much of the financial services industry, and embedded finance can be the solution. Embedded finance will help fill the life insurance coverage gap. Deep Science: Robots, meet world.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. It’s identical to what’s happening in Africa: Less than 1% of all VC dollars went toward startups with one or more women founders last year, according to The Big Deal , which details investments in Africa.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2014

You''ll get an entrepreneur who has raised one and only one round of financing in his or her entire life--all from relatively unsophisticated individuals, giving fundraising advice. I won''t ever be offended if you tell me, "Actually, we were looking for a VC who has backed a company that has gone public.". You''re smart.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

People referred to them as the invoicing company.”. Pitch perfect, you might think. ” Europe’s startup ecosystem was still immature and what now seems like aloofness was probably nothing more than a crude way to deter cold pitches from non-venture type businesses.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Like maybe don’t refer to yourself as a trailblazer when announcing that your company is shutting down). While the pitches aren’t as fast and furious, they’re still coming. Now, hubris on the part of executives is another story. The takeaway here? Humility goes a long way in life, and especially in the startup world.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Former Lightspeed partner Amy Wu made waves this year when she left the VC firm to lead startup investments out of a new $2 billion fund at Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto powerhouse FTX. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. Building for Normies. with Alex Adelman (Lolli), Devin Lewtan (Mad Realities), and Brandon Millman (Phantom).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Kruze Consulting, an accounting firm for startups, mined through over 750 companies’ finances, which includes upward of $300 million in quarterly revenue and over $750 million in quarterly spend. But one could argue that new VC fund announcement dates, much like the phrase “oversubscribed,” don’t mean much in practice.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Former Lightspeed partner Amy Wu made waves this year when she left the VC firm to lead startup investments out of a new $2 billion fund at Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto powerhouse FTX. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. Building for Normies. with Alex Adelman (Lolli), Devin Lewtan (Mad Realities), and Brandon Millman (Phantom).

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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. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Other traditional options for non-dilutive financing include grants, loans, SBIR, STTR, vouchers, tax credits, etc: Wonder’s Overview of Non-Dilutive Funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Former Lightspeed partner Amy Wu made waves this year when she left the VC firm to lead startup investments out of a new $2 billion fund at Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto powerhouse FTX. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. Building for Normies. with Alex Adelman (Lolli), Devin Lewtan (Mad Realities), and Brandon Millman (Phantom).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

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. Founder and investor Melissa Bradley outlines how to nail your virtual pitch meeting. Alexa von Tobel outlines how founders should manage personal finances.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Exclusion of Demo Days from Being Considered a “General Solicitation” – Demo Days in which startups fundraising “pitch” to potential investors have long been problematic due to restrictions on “general solicitations” applicable to several of the exemptions.

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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

Then the next, I open my inbox to see pitches for nine-figure funding rounds (hello, SpotOn ) and the birth of new unicorns (looking at you, Unit ). One day, I’m having a fintech-focused VC tell me they haven’t invested in any startups since last October. For example, that fund I referred to? Stripes led the latest financing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

People referred to them as the invoicing company.”. Pitch perfect, you might think. ” Europe’s startup ecosystem was still immature and what now seems like aloofness was probably nothing more than a crude way to deter cold pitches from non-venture type businesses.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

No one tells this story better than Harvard Business School professor Tom Nicholas in his recent book VC: An American History. states continue to experiment with ways to spark entrepreneurial finance. Later, Nicholas refers to SBIR as a program that encouraged “technology prototyping.” government policy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. My blog was wiped out. And covered we did.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

This will be the post where I dangerously attempt to walk the minefield of a white male VC opining on the topic. 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.

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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. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Other traditional options for non-dilutive financing include grants, loans, SBIR, STTR, vouchers, tax credits, etc: Wonder’s Overview of Non-Dilutive Funding.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

Kroo’s pitch is that it removes friction from financial interactions with friends and family, and throws in some environmental initiatives as well, such as tree planting. It was our intention get up to a Series A without any institutions, and to be free of the pressure from VC. It has now raised $24.5 million (£17.7

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. They might be as hard as raising VC. They are calling cards.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The mission is the elevator pitch. And we know that the chief people officer role, CHRO—unlike maybe finance or sales—entrepreneurs have a harder time understanding what that role is, right? And then I also think with references, founders are typically showing up with their 5 to 7 reference questions.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Meetings should have a clear purpose, but instead, they’ve become a way to measure status and reinforce what is colloquially referred to as CYA culture. Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck. ” you can bet that some small part of them meant it sincerely.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

After all, in the year 2020, investors that had access to VC-backed IPOs, earned $206 million in average one-day gains for each of 165 separate offerings, for a total of $34B in one-day wealth transfers (including over-allotments). of VC-backed companies vs Buyout-backed companies. Are We Too Gullible or Naive? I don’t think so.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

VC return expectations might deliver valuations that a founder perceives as too low. The other factor that is constraining external fundraising is existing investors providing bridge financing, either in the form of convertible notes or round extensions. Are you open to cold pitches? How can founders reach you?

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

I don’t come from an investing background or I don’t come from finance at all. We’ve always been into tech world, but we’ve got plenty of friends in finance and one of those friends just out of blue called me one day, and was like, “Mike, I need your help. Right, so imagine you’re a VC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Kelly Chen, DCVC: Robotics startups have an additional layer to their banking relationship, typically tying equipment financing and other debt structures to banking. While we anticipate the VC fundraising environment will become more cautious across the board, we don’t see robotics being uniquely impacted.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. Spend time researching your buyers and not just pitching them.

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