TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind. I’m going to save you some time: many (if not most) of you are not yet ready to pitch an investor. Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to respond!

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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? . Atul Ajoy, partner, Horseshoe Capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

There are typically 10 or so companies that present and not many more. For the rest of you who missed Pear’s demo day this year, which took place last week in person at the outfit’s new headquarters in Menlo Park, California (Pear has taken over a former beer garden), herewith are the nine teams that presented.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

As a startup entrepreneur who is actively growing his business, Peter recently attended the inaugural MyEO Deal Exchange Conference in Denver, Colorado, where he pitched Table and Desk in EO’s first DX Angel-Shark Experience and received a US$250,000 investment in his company. . Did you conduct any practice sessions? This helped a lot.

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Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

2/ Pitch Deck Design: There’s a robust debate about slide decks. What I will say is many institutional investors require them, and fair or not, most investors view the pitch deck as a proxy for how the founders will present to customers. Part of being a founder is simply about being able to finance the operation.

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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. Remember that you will have total control over who can see this material.

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Alex Wilhelm and Anna Heim interviewed VCs and corralled data to present a detailed picture of Boston’s startup funding scene. Boston’s startup market is more than setting records in scorching start to year. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). Boston is benefiting from larger structural changes to at least the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 23, 2023

Hosted by Shanghai, the event has etched its reputation for encompassing a diverse spectrum of themes, ranging from AI, blockchain, digital payments to sustainable finance and beyond. The hallmark of the festival resides in its prowess to beckon luminaries from finance, technology, academia, and governmental echelons.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Usually, entrepreneurs use bootstrapping to finance their expenses. As the entrepreneurs are hardly making any money to pay their personal bills, they devote a great deal of time and energy in making elaborate pitches for raising investment capital. This stage presents significant threats-.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Are you Ready 2 Pitch? 48 start-ups were carefully selected from the total number of applicants to present their commercial or investment pitch at the final event on the 27 th & 28 th of February 2019. The post Are you Ready 2 Pitch? R2P): Where Start-Ups meet investors, business partners, and customers.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Assess Your Professional Skills: Take an inventory of existing skills that can be used when starting up a business apply to a startup that includes sales, marketing, operations, financing, human resources, hiring, communication networking, problem-solving, and more. The pitch is typically given when approaching an investor face to face.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

If you are an entrepreneur, startup founder or business owner wondering how you can best structure your pitch to acquire a VC investment, I offer some insight as to what my own process looks like when selecting a particular company or entrepreneur. A proven track record of success. I always tell others to beware of uncoachable founders.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

From Dorm Room to Dominating the Finance and Tech World: A Deep Dive with Michael Mills, CEO of Infinitary Fund I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael E. Our mission is to meld finance with mathematics by exploiting foundational inefficiencies. A generalist at heart, he holds degrees in economics and political science.

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StartupNation

MAY 24, 2021

All was not rosy, however, as first-time financings comprised only a fraction of that funding and decreased at points during the year. Part of this could be the result of the pitch. Since most investors invest in people, not companies, digital presentations often make it difficult for that sparkling personality to come through.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

This presents out-of-towners with opportunities to connect with fellow startup leaders and potential investors. The nonprofit Dallas Entrepreneur Center offers public tours, but if you want to practice your pitch or get feedback, you can also apply to present as part of its 1 Million Cups program. Nashville, Tennessee.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2016

I wasn't present at the event, but I heard about it and found this tweet that separately referenced the comment: To the brave black woman who asked what to do when ppl tell her to get a white man as the face of her org,Im so sorry for @Bethenny 's answer — Marah Lidey (@marahml) April 9, 2016. I'm not your finance bro.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. It is usually not brought to the market but presented to key stakeholders and some prospective customers. Investors Usually self-financed or from friends, family, and other non-institutional investors. Some are discarded during the course and some fail.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

Meanwhile, I am not going to even try and predict what’s going to happen to the BNPL market overall in the coming months, as the current macro environment presents many challenges for all kinds of fintechs. Constrafor grabs $106M in equity, credit to finance construction subcontractors. What’s the best way to pitch you?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Lane also suggested that VCs’s enduring focus on presentations and pitch decks rather than “normal, human conversation” continues to negatively impact underrepresented founders, who typically have less experience in the former categories.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. The study used multivariate regression analysis to control for education levels and pitch quality to conclude that gender was a statistically significant factor. Less need for a belief in breakthrough technology.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. Google presented 25 startups with a grant to help them continue operating and growing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. Who will be on our stage? Founders — apply here. How Urban Air Fits in Cities. Founders – apply here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. Who will be on our stage? Founders — apply here. How Urban Air Fits in Cities. Founders – apply here.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 3, 2022

Oral presentations were conducted at the OSU Discovery Center in Oklahoma City. Brown also won $1,000 in the 90-second Pitch Graduate Division, and Titan Charts was named the winner of another $1,000 for the Student Generated Interview award. Andrews also won the Small Business division 90-second Pitch award with a $1,000 cash award.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield presented by Capital Connect by J.P. 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. Hear from Dixon about how a16z crypto is putting its massive $7.6 Disrupt Stage | 10:50 am & 2:30 pm.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development. Fundraising.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. Who will be on our stage? Founders — apply here. How Urban Air Fits in Cities. Founders – apply here.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2020 report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) revealed that despite women constituting 30 percent of the region’s entrepreneurs, they receive a mere eight percent of venture capital funding. The five most promising teams will be able to secure up to S$80,000 in funding to fuel their ventures and drive social impact.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

By backing climate startups, they can de-risk proven climate tech, build legitimacy to attract talent, help with scaling, attract new kinds of investors, and shape the overall ecosystem, write investor Jamil Wyne and climate finance researcher Abrar Chaudhury. Nubank’s present day headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs. When the world shut down and it didn’t matter if you were in NYC or SF (because everyone was on Zoom), the Windy City was ready to present itself as the venture champion of the Midwest. Thanks very much for reading Extra Crunch this week! I hope you have an excellent weekend.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Together with our partners UBS and PwC we provide finalists a unique opportunity to increase their international awareness, gain reputation and present themselves to a top-class jury. Non-Dilutive Financing: Everything You Need to Know. Google AI for Social Good. Three dot dash.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

At its root, it’s an advanced exercise in storytelling, but many startups completely overthink it, which is why studying how the competition presents itself will help you save time and money on testing and optimization. Aileen Lee and Rachel Carlson walk through Guild Education’s early pitch deck. Image Credits: Guild Education.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. Listen up founders! So, here is a chance to participate. The big three U.S.

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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. Finally, the U.S. The fingerprints of the U.S.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I lacked a formal education in Finance, Ivy League credentials, an MBA, substantial financial resources, and a well-established network. During this period, I would present interesting companies to Helena for feedback. When I didn’t have a company to present, we delved into VC terms, concepts, literature, and market insights.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. Two years earlier I saw another Boston based startup called Carbonite pitch a similar cloud backup solution to investors. The presentations were folksy and unpolished. None of the local VC firms invested.

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