TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amid market volatility, decentralized finance, or DeFi, is an area that continues to be in focus in both the crypto VC world and across the community as new use cases, protocols and projects arise. Anywhere from 20% to 50% of crypto-related pitches today are DeFi-focused, several investors we surveyed said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

About three-fourths of the teams are focusing on NFTs, infrastructure or decentralized finance (DeFi), while the majority of the teams are building on layer-1 blockchains Ethereum, Polygon and Solana. The pitch: The NFT market has exploded and the communities surrounding them have flourished, co-founder Chris Tam said. Stage: Pre-seed.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To make things as clear as possible, we asked each respondent to share their elevator pitch: How would they describe the technology if they were trying to convince a skeptic to invest? Please give us your web3 elevator pitch: What is it, and what role does it play in today’s internet framework? . Today’s internet, Web 2.0,

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 14, 2020

If you want to expand your network, engage with serial entrepreneurs, participate in discussions with experts in marketing, sales and finance to help shape your business and develop a pitch presentation, then you’ll want to register for Ben Franklin’s Fall 2020 TechCelerator – To Apply: [link]. TechCelerator Fall 2020!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

In addition to the equity raise, the San Francisco-based fintech said it has also closed on a new $100 million debt facility for lending to its loan customers, bringing its total raised to $375 million in equity and debt financing since its 2015 inception. It also can provide them with debt capital of up to $1 million.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It’s mandatory, and collaboration between AT&T and startups at all stages could push the world forward and provide the framework for innovation. TechCrunch’s iconic startup competition is back, as entrepreneurs from around the world pitch expert judges and vie for the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000. Making Care Actually Work.

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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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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise. Fundraising. Recruiting.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

Datanomik’s goal is to connect financial institutions across LatAm through its B2B open finance API, which gathers a company’s banking information on one platform, Strauss told TechCrunch. The financing marks a16z’s first investment in Uruguay, and one of its biggest seed rounds in Latin America.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 10, 2024

Its designed to draw primarily from my research, 2 published books, and over 100 public presentations at leading universities and finance/tech conferences. Ive applied that framework to everything in my life, which is why I have so many notes on best practices in different domains. How do I brainstorm and validate startup ideas?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck. ” After raising a $500,000 seed round, the company’s founders shared their 12-slide pitch deck with TechCrunch for a review. ” Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck. Image Credits: GPC Smart Tags (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Since then, the Coinbase challenger has become a critical presence in the crypto M&A world as it has sought to offer a lifeline to blockchain finance businesses wrecked by the sudden downturn all while backing young, ambitious efforts in the consumer web3 space as well. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. Building for Normies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

The company’s pitch? “Initially I worked on the keyboard display and then quickly realized the challenge was in the field and developed a framework for creating infrastructure,” Hassounah said. We can finance the batteries in multiple ways as well as utilize other sources of financing.”

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

What often makes the framework challenging for companies seeking to fundraise is that each of the exemptions has its unique combination of conditions. Although the exemptions remain complex, the changes provide incremental improvement to the existing framework. Almost all of the new rules should become effective early next year.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

As a side note, another thing I wish people (especially women and other underrepresented talent) understood is that while venture is a money-management and investment business, it doesn’t require a deep finance background to do it (at early stages). The world doesn’t need more of the same VCs.] Your portfolio is your brand.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2013

Business : In some form, I walk through the Business Model Generation framework: value proposition, key activities, key partners, major assets, channels of distribution, customer segments, cost structure and revenue streams. Pitch-it-myself test : I stop a few partners in the office and give them the pitch to test their reactions.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise. Fundraising. Recruiting.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs. The new framework benefits consumers and sellers, but for the region’s startups, “it opens the door to a plethora of opportunities and new business models, from payments to credit.” Thanks very much for reading Extra Crunch this week! Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Since then, the Coinbase challenger has become a critical presence in the crypto M&A world as it has sought to offer a lifeline to blockchain finance businesses wrecked by the sudden downturn all while backing young, ambitious efforts in the consumer web3 space as well. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. Building for Normies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Since then, the Coinbase challenger has become a critical presence in the crypto M&A world as it has sought to offer a lifeline to blockchain finance businesses wrecked by the sudden downturn all while backing young, ambitious efforts in the consumer web3 space as well. TechCrunch Crypto Pitch-Off. Building for Normies.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The startup’s wider pitch and “social mission” is to use (first party) household finance data and (third party) vendor data to build models that can progressively automate the management of essential service switching and/or contact renegotiating to offer a sort of household savings-as-a-(subscription)-service.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

states continue to experiment with ways to spark entrepreneurial finance. Draper’s firm, Draper & Johnson Investment Company, was co-founded with Franklin “Pitch” Johnson, who went on to found many high-tech companies over an illustrious career.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

If you have a great idea within the open-core framework, expect your risks to be much lower than with a traditional business structure. 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.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Pilot CEO Waseem Daher tears down his company’s $60M Series C pitch deck. With that ethos in mind, Lucas Matney interviewed Pilot CEO Waseem Daher to deconstruct the pitch deck that helped his company land a $60M Series C round. ” Pilot CEO Waseem Daher tears down his company’s $60M Series C pitch deck.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 8, 2022

The second edition of Deep Dive Africa brings together entrepreneurs, Investors, and ecosystem partners to ensure more connections are made towards access to finance for African ventures. DDA’S 2022 “Investing in Africa ” report. . DDA’S 2022 “Investing in Africa ” report. .

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

These templates are vital, as they offer a structured framework ensuring consistency and thorough planning. Other departments: Depending on the nature of the project, departments like Finance, Marketing, or HR might also use the project plan template to align their activities with the project's scope and timeline.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. This is a legal framework designed to harness the entrepreneurial power of for-profit enterprise while preserving a company’s essential purpose.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Most funds open data rooms to share previous reports, performance data, pitch decks, legal docs and other fundraising material with LPs. As benchmarks for negotiation, popular tools include Bloomberg (if you have a big budget), Yahoo Finance, S&P Capital IQ, and PublicComps. 8) Monitor .

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. This is a legal framework designed to harness the entrepreneurial power of for-profit enterprise while preserving a company’s essential purpose.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Most funds open data rooms to share previous reports, performance data, pitch decks, legal docs and other fundraising material with LPs. It provides analytics to track shared materials across target senders, and improve the content for future leads. Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 31, 2021

You will have the opportunity to expand your network, engage with serial entrepreneurs, and learn from experts in marketing, sales and finance who can help you shape your business concept. You will also develop a pitch presentation that could win you up to $10,000. All you will spend is your time.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

” Tomasz Tunguz: Great sales pitch, please come do this. And I get that, but if you need to get to know me, because I’m not necessarily the right person to run all your… I was very fortunate, when I joined Stripe, one of my colleagues who is still at Stripe, who’s amazing, Billy Alvarado, was running finance for us.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

On June 18, Aswath Damodaran , a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published an article on FiveThirtyEight titled “ Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion. Deep research and quantitative frameworks are sorely lacking in today’s short attention span news approach. I could hardly wait to dive in and see the approach.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The coalition wants to help develop a policy framework in Europe around micromobility and decreasing emissions associated with urban travel. . Volocopter and Aviation Capital Group have agreed to a sales and financing lease of Volocopter’s aircraft. Deal of the week. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin. A little bird.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

For those of you who might be interested in tracking emerging themes or actual investment opportunities, here’s a quick rundown of who pitched what (with the Pear-backed companies at the end of this list). In 2020, Americans lost $415 billion to poor money management and thinking about finances causes anxiety for 60% of us.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I think it’s the best framework for executive hiring that I’ve seen. 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? Tell me what the priorities are.”

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 17, 2025

This extended to how we pitched LPs as well, aiming for a very concentrated base of institutional investors. We asked our LPAC about what frameworks theyve seen across their venture portfolios. We figured that if we enjoyed it, but werent financially successful, we couldnt do it for the rest of our careers. So why not focus on both.

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