TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

” Despite the hype about ease of use, enterprise companies always ask customers to abandon familiar tools so they can learn something new. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. But more than that, this IPO is a useful measuring stick for keeping tabs on the IPO market as a whole.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. We believe very much in the consumerism of healthcare, and what that means is you have to build healthcare around the consumer,” says founder and chairwoman Gina Bartasi. Zimmerman, the founder and CEO of Drift. With 12 outlets in 10 U.S.

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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 14, 2023

TechCrunch spoke with Brex co-CEO and co-founder Henrique Dubugras, who confirmed that the company did in fact put its name in the hat for SVB but only for the early-stage and growth portfolios within its business. 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.

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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 a call with TechCrunch, CEO Amin said the founders started with bread because it was the “most basic food unit in an Egyptian household.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

“A lot of founders mix up raising money with making money.” ” This quote, which Career Karma founder Ruben Harris mentioned off-hand on a phone call with me, has been on my mind for months. That’s why Clearbanc, a startup I have covered for years, has always had a compelling pitch. Does YC care at all?

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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

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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StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If your business sells a unique product, consider using a crowdfunding site like Kickstarter or Indiegogo to raise funds. In addition, many accelerators like to see two founders on an application, so you may have to consider bringing on a partner. Your goal is to create a compelling and well-organized narrative for your reader.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

That’s why Ron Miller interviewed three entrepreneurs who have each built multiple companies to uncover some essential truths about achieving product-market fit: Pouyan Salehi, CEO and co-founder, Scratchpad. Rami Essaid, CEO and founder, Finmark. Melonee Wise, CEO and co-founder, Fetch Robotics. Have a great weekend.

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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

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. Founders: Matt Alston (CEO), Melissa Zhang (CTO).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Since launching the venture firm Backstage Capital in 2015, Arlan Hamilton has invested millions in more than 195 companies led by underrepresented founders, from a duo taking on auto insurance to a team rethinking how we virtually learn. The Runner team provided the pitch deck. “It’s Its app is set to launch on March 15, 2022.

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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.” Chidinma Iwueke (Principal, QED Investors).

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Back in December, Neeva co-founder and CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy , who previously spearheaded Google’s advertising tech business , teased new “cutting edge AI” and large language models (LLMs), positioning itself against the ChatGPT hype train. market, pitched as “authentic, real-time AI search.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2017

You need to recruit an amazing team, and ideally, have co-founders you trust and respect. 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. Starting a business is incredibly hard. Rehearse your presentation.

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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. Unit founder and CEO James White watched Occupy Wall Street unfold in real time while he was a graduate student. Janitorial entrepreneurship. When venture is the elephant in the room.

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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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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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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Build trust with founders and then offer your own data-backed take on why a founder’s decision might not be the best decision they could make. Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. The mission is the elevator pitch. Key takeaways Write a MOC.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. Somewhere in the mix, timing matters a great deal and first isn’t often the most significant mover advantage. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals. Power Pitches.

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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. We work with founders to help them tell their company stories, so we get to see hundreds of decks and talk to dozens of companies every month. What’s going on?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

I’ve never met a founder who wasn’t acutely aware of his or her ticking time bomb and the sense that failure and humiliation is a real possibility. Very, very few founders have an easy time despite what you read in the press. Strangely, most founders I know don’t have this conversation with the inside investors early.

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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. That’s doubly the case if you’re a founder who can see the end of the runway looming on the horizon.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 25, 2016

By David Adams, founder of HomeSuite. 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.

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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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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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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. Keep in mind that any cash you put in will remain in the company as Founders’ Equity, and will only come back to you on a successful exit in which your investors make money. [3a.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The area is home to a number of investors, successful tech founders and an eager local government. We spoke to the following investors: Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, co-founder and managing partner, Clerisy. Maya Baratz Jordan, CEO and founding partner, Founders Factory New York. Laura González-Estéfani, founder, TheVentureCity.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

And as we’re wont to do, we asked the pair to take a look at a handful of user-submitted pitch decks. Domm Holland, co-founder and CEO of e-commerce startup Fast, appears to be living a founder’s dream. Within 24 hours, tens of thousands of people had used it. Want this kind of coverage on a different company or sector.

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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. What founders really want to know is: what are investors looking for right now ?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Google AI for Social Good.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.

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