David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . Fundraising. Recruiting.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The average new business pitch costs $450,000. You can’t afford to lose a pitch or (even worse) win a pitch that’s not the right fit for your business. So lets start with these six elements of a pitch response: Values: Your team aligns with the Brand’s value system. Process: Leading a pitch from end to end.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 13, 2020

On the fundraising side of things, there is no milestone more validating for a young company than securing your Series A financing. Created by DocSend At this point in the fundraising process, VCs are more likely to be repeat investors and will be familiar with your overall business strategy.

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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 19, 2022

If your company is too nascent to be valued, convertible notes might be a viable way to secure early financing. ” However, notes can also create risk, like setting valuation caps too low, failing to raise enough capital or other poor planning that can hand investors more equity than you intended. .” Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

” 3 tips for biotech startups seeking non-dilutive capital to weather the downturn. 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. Image Credits: WayRay (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space. That shows there’s a vast number of DeFi projects looking for funding. “To

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

It is when the founders need to make a tough decision of whether to raise money by diluting ownership ( equity financing ) or by taking loans (debt financing). While equity financing requires no repayment and doesn’t even act as a liability to the startup , it dilutes the ownership and the decision-making process.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

I’ll be talking to more venture capitalists and angel investors in the coming weeks, so watch this space. 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. Dive deep into Snorkel.AI’s pitch technique that raised $135m.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

To tackle these challenges, Wu shares several strategies that can help e-commerce startups refine their brand marketing and “entrench” existing customers. I haven’t tracked this figure nationally, but the amount of venture capital invested in San Francisco-based startups reportedly fell by 65% between May and June 2022.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Unless you’re a former CIO who already has a clear understanding of the decision-making process, you can only fall back on basic best practices that usually result in a generic sales pitch: “How do you do, fellow CIOs?” Corporations are scrambling to get into the venture game.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

As startups and venture capital grow in tandem, fundraising has gone from a formal affair on Sand Hill Road to a process that can happen anywhere from Twitter to Zoom. Dear Sophie: Any unique immigration strategies for quick hiring? Are there any unique strategies that you would recommend we explore? Maverick in Milpitas.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

From this post, deep tech startups can formulate their marketing hiring strategy and attract and cultivate top talent to drive their go-to-market plan. They also build sales collateral, such as demo videos, pitch decks and one-pagers, to more effectively reach and build long-term relationships with these prospects. Communications.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This week, he shed some light on what venture capitalists might look for when they invest in a startup. He didn’t care too much about the idea, or the business model, or the strategy. Read here: A Venture Capitalist Told Me How He Decides Which Startups to Fund, and I Couldn’t Believe It Stop sending VCs pitch decks?—?start

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. You will have more control over strategy and execution than with an outside board overseeing planning and performance. For those of you who fit that description, nice work.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In that way, as some late-stage venture capital funds invest earlier — and now later — full-service VC outfits will offer first check to final liquidity, will such a full-stack venture outfit be able to win more deals than a group offering a limited set of financing options? Full-stack capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It partners with entrepreneurs in funding their growth stories through innovative market access and public venture capital strategies. He talks to AsiaTechDaily about the firm’s investment strategies, the fundraising journey, and other points. I was mainly educated in accounting and finance.

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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. It’s hard to pin down where Shein is from,” answered Richard Xu from Grand View Capital, a Chinese venture capital firm. Image Credits: Chevrolet.

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StartupNation

MAY 24, 2021

While the pandemic has certainly had an impact on the startup space, speculations were off about one thing: venture capital. It didn’t dry up: Venture investors poured $150 billion into North American companies in 2020, up about 7% from 2019 levels. Part of this could be the result of the pitch. Most now occur online.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

Blair Silverberg, CEO and co-founder of Hum Capital, says entrepreneurs need to resist the urge to become defensive in these sessions. “In Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck. Alda Leu Dennis, general partner, Initialized Capital.

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StartupNation

JULY 7, 2021

Financing a small business initiative by offering investors a percentage of ownership equity in your business is called equity financing. How can you tell if equity financing is a good fit for your business, and how does being scalable help you tell? Venture capital firms . What are equity investors looking for?

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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. Investors flowed $1.2

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I’m surprised at how many funding pitches I get which lack some of the basic information which investors require before funding. 50% of these meetings led to pitches to individual partners. About 30% of partner pitches led to full partnership pitches. Raising capital is about quality of outreach, not quantity.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

They often ask whether they have to move to SF, NY or LA to get financed. ” I’m trying to get a feel for their commitment to local community versus being in a place where financing is easiest. If you don’t live in a major VC zone, I have some tips for how to make it easier to raise Venture Capital.

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Onevest

APRIL 30, 2015

Trending Investment Strategies Global investor surveys have shown that since the crises of the early 2000s more affluent and sophisticated investors are choosing to invest in partnership with each other. Just 2% of startup financing actually comes from venture capital firms.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2022

The venture capital market is slowing down, which means early-stage founders are chasing a smaller pool of money. 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. billion to $1.81 Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

According to Oleksandr Yaroshenko, head of investments and strategy at edtech startup Headway, engagement rates for existing customers are “the best predictors for resubscription.” 4 SaaS engagement metrics that attract investors Ask Sophie: How many employment green cards are available each year?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Within that time frame, you are pitching your heart out to multiple investors and ideally setting a number of meetings, either virtual or in-person. You’re also busy building and constantly tweaking your narrative (and pitch deck) and managing each of those meetings and the necessary followup. The right pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

I’m a firm believer in the value of data-driven storytelling when it comes to pitching your company to potential investors. Another essential factor is a strong understanding of your company’s capital needs and the ability to build the financial model to get you there.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Jay Kapoor is a general partner at VSC Ventures, where he invests in seed and early-stage companies, helping them break out with value-add support on PR, content, and media strategy. Capital was hard to come by, and founders had to practically beg VCs to back their company.

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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. Despite the vast sums of venture capital that has gone into shared micromobility, the industry has yet to reach unit economics favorable enough to turn a profit.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

First off all, not every company is right for equity financing—and many other companies would be better off starting without it. I can’t tell you how many companies I’ve run into where the inability to get financing, or the lack of interest in it, led them to building better companies. Step one: Ask for money.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Diligence cycles have extended, better relationships with founders can be formed, investors can enter new spaces with more preparation, and a thoughtful approach to early-stage venture capital can emerge,” Kareem added. How do you prefer to receive pitches? What are you most excited about in the fintech space?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

In a move rarely made by Western venture capitalists, QED Investors announced today that it has hired an African partner, Gbenga Ajayi. Last September, the fintech-focused venture capital firm announced closing $1.05 He will focus on Africa investments as part of QED’s international team. We will build something special 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. Despite the vast sums of venture capital that has gone into shared micromobility, the industry has yet to reach unit economics favorable enough to turn a profit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2017

Of course there is no right answer but it’s a function of how much capital you have raised, your prospects for raising more capital in the future, your growth rate and your company’s risk tolerance. So let me walk you through the discussion points I have with founders. If you burn $200k / month you’ll be out of cash in a year.

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