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How To Pitch A Real Estate Tech VC

Dream It

The team owns, operates and manages over 150 million square feet of real estate, making Camber Creek one of the biggest value-add venture partners for real estate tech startups. Smith, the DC division of Vornado Realty Trust, a $20 billion real estate investment trust. For some startups, proving demand can be more difficult.

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Startup Pitching 101

Paul G. Silva

Presentations so strong that people who would have never considered an investment in a company like that ended up writing checks. This post cover the Beginner (101) level best practices for crafting strong startup presentations. Would you walk into a room of English speakers and do your pitch in Russian? One rehearsed presenter.

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Startup Pitching 201

Paul G. Silva

This is the 2nd post in the “Startup Pitching” series. They have to be because about half of all angel/VC investments lose every penny invested. So simplify your pitch. If your product solves 10 pain points then in the pitch focus on the top 2-3 most important ones and simply hint at the others.

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Startup Pitching 301

Paul G. Silva

This is the 3rd post in the “Startup Pitching” series. These are the projections for a royalty-based investment fund. A startup is a bundle of risks. View all posts in the “Startup Pitching” series. In this post we’ll go over advanced-level (301) techniques.

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Startup Pitching Checklist

Paul G. Silva

This is the checklist / boil down of the techniques listed in the pior 3 posts in the “Startup Pitching” series. After you complete a draft of your pitch, go over this list to make sure you’ve applied as many of the techniques as possible. View all posts in the “Startup Pitching” series.

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Investing in a More Inclusive Innovation Economy

Revolution

Since the beginning of modern venture capital investing — a relatively nascent asset class — the industry has been biased toward funding what it knows best: founders with familiar demographics (white, male) in familiar geographies (Silicon Valley).

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Why AI Won't Be the Investment Opportunity Everyone Thinks It Is

This is going to be BIG.

The venture asset class seems to have already decided that AI is the next great investment opportunity, but I’m not so sure it’s going to disrupt business and create the across-the-board wealth that has been predicted. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds.