Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

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 19, 2022

While Hamilton’s fund is a response to the former, her latest bet — built by Hamilton herself — is a startup that explores the latter. Runner is a labor marketplace that connects startups with operations people looking for part-time work. The Runner team provided the pitch deck. “It’s

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

Once there, the reactants mix and produce carbon dioxide, which in turn inflates a small balloon that helps create a pressure difference to help inject the drug-loaded needles into the intestinal wall. “So Synthetic biology startups are giving investors an appetite. This will finance us for the next several years,” said Imran.

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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. Suzanne Fletcher, venture partner, Prime Movers Lab.

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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

OCTOBER 15, 2021

But one event that we try to catch every year is that of Pear , which is held annually each fall and features (blessedly) just a dozen or so very nascent startups. These were the exact pitches that the teams delivered straight to investors in attendance, so you’ll naturally spot a bit of hyperbole (because, startups).

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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. “Then the ClearAngel product isn’t working,” he said.

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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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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

APRIL 16, 2021

The basic tenets presented in Ron’s story will resonate with anyone who’s launched a startup. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The IPO market is sending us mixed messages. Building the right team for a billion-dollar startup. Senior Editor, TechCrunch.

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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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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. A large percentage of startups never apply to either.

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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. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

An early-stage startup thinks it’s time to give some of that decision-making power back to employees, too. 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. Janitorial entrepreneurship. A turnkey solution for unions.

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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

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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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.” As a global firm, QED has hubs in Washington, D.C.,

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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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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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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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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.

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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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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

When you run a startup you’re always on borrowed time. 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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

That’s why so much of our robotics coverage revolves around startups and venture funding. 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. More M&A?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm , Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all things startups! They even shared how you could pitch them, which if you’re a scrappy startup seeking funding, could be very valuable information. sign up here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

They see a huge opportunity for the region to become a major startup hub by utilizing its diverse workforce and wonderful quality of life. SoftBank is just the latest validation for Miami’s booming startup scene. Use discount code MIAMICRUNCH to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 25, 2016

As thrilling as the expansion journey can be, this is actually where many startups fail. While my business has had four successful expansions thus far, most startups aren’t so lucky. You should also have your total market potential and total addressable market locked down when pitching an expansion.

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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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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! 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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Moove proves that startups can still raise twice in one year : African startup Moove is back in the news today, raising a huge $105 million Series A2 round of funding. Moove helps finance vehicles for ride-hailing drivers, which appears to be a growth market. Startups and VC. The TechCrunch Top 3. raised $135 million.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

The pandemic has just pushed edtech mainstream, but language-learning startup Duolingo had already spent the past decade figuring out how to build a successful edtech app. Amid the IPO gold rush, how should we value fintech startups. As of Q1 2021, the number of fintech startups in the U.S. Thanks for reading! The Duolingo EC-1.

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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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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitalists 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.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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