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How To Pitch A Real Estate Tech VC

Dream It

Berman comes from a real estate background, and he co-founded Camber Creek after realizing an opportunity to “create a double alpha situation,” both investing in high-growth startups and using those startups to improve the operations of his own real estate portfolio. Has the founder done his homework before his pitch?

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Despite myriad flaws, US remains top spot for Black startup founders seeking VC dollars

TechCrunch

is still the best place in the world for Black startup founders to raise money. It’s quite easy to harp on the dismal funding and often discriminatory treatment that Black founders receive in the U.S. “Why? More investors are investing in nontraditional businesses. As an ironic result, founders look to the U.S.

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Women’s social network Peanut launches microfund StartHER to invest in pre-seed stage startups

TechCrunch

Peanut , the maker of a social networking app for women, is entering into the investing space with today’s launch of a microfund called StartHER. “The assumption that founders should have networks able to invest in their businesses creates an unfair starting line for most groups. .

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Startup founders, this is how you get your first investor meeting

TechCrunch

Without a doubt, a good, friendly introduction — ideally from a founder they’ve already invested in — is the best way to get on the radar of an investor. A “warm introduction” is one made by someone the VC knows well, by someone relevant. The problem, of course, is that networks can be opaque.

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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

TechCrunch

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. I spoke with Sopoong chief executive Max Sang-Yeop Han , a serial entrepreneur who joined Sopoong in 2016 and acquired the firm in 2019, to learn about the VC’s plans.

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Expand your network to add diversity to investment deal flow

Innovation 2 Enterprise

” Only 1% of venture capital dollars went to Black startup founders in 2018, according to a study by Silicon Valley Bank and others. A big part of the reason is that just 3% of the partners and 4% of employees in the VC workforce are Black according to the most recent NVCA-Deloitte study on diversity.

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“Putting adVenture back into Venture Capital!”- Jeshua Soh’s Unique Approach to Investing

AsiaTechDaily

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”