TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

According to Kyle Poyar, a partner at OpenView, the current downturn is creating similar opportunities for SaaS startups. Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck. Many founders start by building a 10-slide pitch deck, but AR car hardware company WayRay’s Series C presentation contained 75 slides.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Why do SaaS companies with usage-based pricing grow faster? So, why do public SaaS firms with usage-based pricing see faster growth ? Why do SaaS companies with usage-based pricing grow faster? 4 strategies for deep tech companies recruiting top growth marketers. Ilya Sukah, partner, Matrix Partners.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

“Do you have control over your finances, both personal and business?” “How Anyone who can confidently answer the 20 questions in this post is ready to pitch an investor, IMO. Pitch Deck Teardown: Prelaunch.com’s $1.5M In a follow-up, he analyzed the pitch deck for Prelaunch.com’s $1.5

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

It’s also a useful overview for early employees and co-founders who may be new to startup financing. Topics covered: How financing works: SAFEs versus equity rounds. Founders: How well do you really understand seed-stage financing? Twitter Spaces: SaaS marketing with MKT1 founders Emily Kramer and Kathleen Estreich.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

This may seem like a great time to launch a SaaS startup, but the landscape is crowded with well-designed applications that promise “blazingly fast and delightfully simple” experiences, according to seed-stage investor John Chen of Fika Ventures. SaaS needs to take a page out of the crypto playbook. “It’s attention.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

How to pitch me: 4 VCs share what they’re looking for in March 2022. Dive deep into Snorkel.AI’s pitch technique that raised $135m. I was a pitch deck nerd even before giving a real pitch deck,” Ratner said on a recent episode of TechCrunch Live. “I Thanks very much for reading TechCrunch+! Walter Thompson.

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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. Seek out financial advice because it takes time to improve a score.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

If your company is too nascent to be valued, convertible notes might be a viable way to secure early financing. Bottom line: If your company is on the cusp of an opportunity, convertible note financing could be a way forward, but only if you have a realistic valuation and a plan to reach it. You may need more than one pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Corporate management startup Ramp confirmed that it has secured $550 million in debt and $200 million in equity in a new financing that doubles its valuation to $8.1 Notably, Founders Fund led the latest equity financing, marking the firm’s fourth time leading a round for Ramp. It then raised $300 million at a $3.9

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

There’s nothing like an increasing level of regulations to create spaces for new startups to appear, especially in SaaS. Persefoni is claiming this to be the largest round for a SaaS climate tech company, although TechCrunch could not confirm that at publication. Certainly, it’s significant.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

In exchange for 14 weeks of help with everything from product-market fit to the go-to-market strategy a team should employ, the startups in Pear’s accelerator program give Pear the right to invest from $500,000 to $750,000 in each team at a valuation that it caps at $10 million. Founders: Pol Hevia (CEO), Joaquim Tresserra (CTO).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

And joining us on the subject of making money move with embedded finance are Synctera ’s Peter Hazlehurst, Alloy ’s Laura Spiekerman and Unit ’s Amanda Swoverland. Read about Marqueta’s Power Finance acquisition from earlier this year. chief strategy officer Imran Khan has acquired a 2.5% million, up from $44.6 Former Snap Inc.

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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

APRIL 22, 2022

Because a founder’s pitch is the first step on that journey, we’re interviewing active investors to learn more about what they’re looking for and how they prefer to be approached. For our latest outing, we asked each of them to name a pro forma pitch practice they think founders should retire. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

I was pitching on the day, but I was also listening to other pitches. “Instead of us investing individually because obviously , we have somewhat limited capacity in terms of how much time we have as founders because of our respective companies, why don’t we collaborate on a strategy together and co-invest together ?”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Aimed at managers, this post offers several testable strategies that will help you boost productivity and say goodbye to poorly run, lazily planned meetings. Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. “Help them feel empowered to decline a bad meeting.” for nearly two years.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

TechCrunch+ asked six of them to find out how they’re preparing to tackle this volatile market, how this environment has changed their approach to investments and raising Fund II, the best way to pitch them and more. Our strategy is that of a seed-stage generalist. Ariana Thacker , solo GP and founder, Conscience VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Every consultant was pitching a process for reinventing your organization through BI. Not continuing to challenge yourself on product strategy will lead you down long-term ratholes.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

According to Blair Silverberg, CEO and co-founder of Hum Capital, founders need to get a firm handle on LTV (lifetime value) and customer acquisition cost (CAC) before they start sending out pitch decks. This post identifies several factors that will help calculate LTV/CAC accurately and increase transparency for potential investors.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

Ultimately, we chose not to pursue this model as part of our corporate strategy. I learned something new with each pitch deck, each conversation with a Founder, each term sheet, each stock purchase agreement, each follow on financing, each exit event… Of course I expected that by angel investing I would learn about angel investing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

I’ve worked at early-stage startups where we relied on our best guesses to shape product pipelines and develop marketing strategies. In this seven-step guide, you’ll find strategies and tactics for identifying key members and influencers, streamlining the communication process, and creating “a little FOMO.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. . This is going to be one of those times when I regret limiting myself to only writing about three things I loved in a pitch deck. Slides in this deck. Let’s get cooking — contact slide.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

TechCrunch+ asked seven of them to find out how they’re preparing to tackle this volatile market, how this environment has changed their approach to investments and raising Fund II, the best way to pitch them and more. Our strategy is that of a seed-stage generalist. Ariana Thacker , solo GP and founder, Conscience VC.

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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. Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? Revenue-Based Flexible VCs.

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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? Turning an AV Innovation into a Product. Founders — apply here.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2017

As a VC, burn rate is one of the most discussed topics I have with teams who are pitching me for raising capital and it is one of the most common discussions points I have with founders in companies that I’ve backed. So let me walk you through the discussion points I have with founders. million for 18 months.

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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? Turning an AV Innovation into a Product. Founders — apply here.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

“What you want as an entrepreneur is funders nodding in agreement with your pitch before you even have a chance to finish it,” write Fingert and Foster. Creating a winterization strategy for a startup is a less straightforward process, however. Your startup pitch deck needs an operating plan.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

million to curb finance-related fights between co-parents. Cue the horse and pony show : 3 VCs explain how founders can stand out when pitching , by Becca. So you cut your SaaS bill…Now what’s next? I just want to tell you that I’ve had enough : Mary Ann reports that Uber alum rakes in $9.7 monetization.”

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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. Pinterest lays off 150 people as a part of its ‘long-term strategy’ Is Instagram considering paid verification?

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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? Turning an AV Innovation into a Product. Founders — apply here.

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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. Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? Revenue-Based Flexible VCs.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Al Lijee , CEO, TowGator Invite Critiques with Reverse Pitching A unique approach I’ve found effective in determining the viability of a new business idea is what I call “reverse pitching.” This foresight helps me to invest in ideas that have the room to grow and adapt in the ever-changing market landscape.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

If your startup is formulating a zero-party data strategy, please read. Aileen Lee and Rachel Carlson walk through Guild Education’s early pitch deck. Aileen Lee and Rachel Carlson walk through Guild Education’s early pitch deck. On Wednesday, November 17 at 3 p.m. Image Credits: Guild Education.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

I started out as a lawyer, corporate finance lawyer, for about two and a half years. But by the time I left and retired last summer in 2023, we were actually a top-quartile software company by revenue in terms of cloud SaaS if we had been listed just in the public markets in the U.S. for cloud SaaS software at Global Payments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Winterstein notes that its efforts were all open source-based and that the company was “not commercial at all, a lot of tech geeks and German engineering types that were not overly experienced in go-to-market strategies.” Expanding beyond their original verticals “is what everyone in enterprise is doing right now.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2021

Our deep dive examines Tonal’s origins, product development timeline, its go-to-market strategy and other aspects that combined to spark investor interest and customer delight. Cyber strategy and company strategy are inextricably linked. On Wednesday, Tonal reported a $250 million Series E that valued the company at $1.6

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