TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Based on my experience, here’s how to avoid making the most common mistakes deep tech founders make when pitching investors: Work on your storytelling. Make your pitch tailored to what excites venture capital investors and avoid what does not. Investor pitch meetings are not dissertation defenses.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

So, if your face doesn’t appear on the team slide in your startup’s pitch deck, this would be a good time to cancel your upcoming vacation. Pitch Deck Teardown: Dutch’s $20M Series A deck. If you’re working on a pitch deck and are in need of inspiration, start here: all 17 slides are available to TC+ members.

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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. Fast-forward three months to today, and Datanomik, Strauss’s venture, announced it has raised a $6 million seed round led by a16z.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

Decision Dynamics Each firm makes decisions in different ways so understanding the firm’s decision framework matters. If the questions aren’t organically flowing you have “pocket slides” after the main deck you can pull out to share more information or analysis. This is critical to build a cohesive venture capital firm.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

. “I quickly realized the power of data and the ways that governing large amounts of critical information can better streamline operations of all kinds,” he added. ” Carroll pitches Immuta as an “enterprise-scale” alternative to manual processes for creating and implementing data policies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

An apple a day : Andrew reports that Even Healthcare lands additional capital to advance primary care adoption in India. 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.

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David Teten VC

MAY 16, 2017

Matthew Craig-Greene of consultancy MJ Hudson points out, “Most public plans publish meeting minutes, and these can be a very interesting place to find information on manager selection. Origins is a podcast about Limited Partners, created by VC Notation Capital. Sapphire Ventures’ Top 10 tips for pitching an LP .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

After listening to others pitch me a few different job opportunities while still at Google in 2008, it became clear to me that I would make a better decision if I could fully explore the larger landscape of new companies emerging in Silicon Valley. More posts by this contributor. Building A Diverse Board Makes Sense For Startups.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

In his latest TC+ post, Michael Perez, director of growth and data at VC firm M13, shares five questions he uses to devise pricing strategy frameworks , along with three value metrics and a detailed measurement plan for GTM strategy. Your fundraising pitch deck needs appendices. Your fundraising pitch deck needs appendices.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing Raising Venture Capital (VC) series. So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. But the venture guys don’t make the calls on what the product / business guys do. See point 5 above.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

During a seed-funding round, a founder needs to convince a venture capital investor on a vision. 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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Ideally, BI transforms raw data into actionable information, but according to Charles Caldwell, VP of product management at Logi Analytics, “a gap exists between the functionalities provided by current BI and data discovery tools and what users want and need.” It’s time to abandon business intelligence tools.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

Software companies that sell directly to end users share a simple framework for managing growth that leverages discoverability, desirability and do-ability — the “aha!” Data show that traditional marketing doesn’t work on developers, and it’s not because they’re impervious to a sales pitch. This is the way.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. Use it as a framework for a dialog not a script. That notes only told part of the story.

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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). More than 90% of collected imagery isn’t actually reviewed, resulting in critical information and threats being missed.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral. (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). 4) Originate investments.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral. On Deck focuses on connecting talent in transition with opportunities in the venture universe. 7) Negotiate .

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

By: Dror Futter, Legal and Business Adviser to Startups, Venture Capital Firms and Technology Companies The SEC announced a series of amendments (likely to be effective early next year) to the rules governing private offering exemptions – by far the most frequent path for venture fundraising. integrated).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. Each VC came on with different information, at a different price and with a different risk appetite. Always Pitch Outsiders for Follow Ons. I love that. The Perils of Many.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

T-Mobile’s data breach last week seems to have spilled over into Google Fi, which now says hackers accessed customers’ information. He also includes a tactical framework for developing freemium products that includes use cases for limited and unlimited usage. . — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Who’s calling? : Carly has more.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

with Vanessa Larco (NEA), Kanyi Maqubela (Kindred Ventures), Jordan Nof (Tusk Venture Partners), Bryan Offutt (Index Ventures) and Ulili Onovakpuri (Kapor Capital). with Nisha Dua (BBG Ventures), Jenny Fleiss (Volition Capital), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures) and Mandela Schumacher-Hodge Dixon (All Raise).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The SEC is calling Tesla to court because CEO Elon Musk can’t stop himself from breaking the terms of a 2018 settlement with the Commission, which stated that he had to have any tweets sharing material information pre-approved by a legal team. Deal of the week. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin. Are SPACs out and mergers with shell companies in?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

But now that AI-driven solutions are offering search results, producing poems and generating illustrations on demand, startups need a framework for creating customized user experiences, according to Ab Gaur, founder and CEO of Verticurl. Alex and Anna wonder. You can sign up here.

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