TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

There has been little movement in the amount of VC dollars going to women-founded companies since 2012. Though by no means does this mean that women aren’t doing incredible work in the field and it’s only right that women founders receive their fair share of VC investment. Venture capital is far from a level playing field.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

If you want a very quick primer on all the stuff nobody ever tells you about raising venture capital check out this video where Mark Jeffrey & I break it down on This Week in VC. All of this is covered in more detail on the TWiVC video above (and much of it is covered in text on this blog on the “ Raising VC &# tab).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Use these resources to understand how your company will look when you pitch a VC or angel. It’s no surprise that salespeople and CEOs have different conversations with customers, but recognizing this played a key role for one EO member: “In hindsight, it was a bad idea that our sales conversations weren’t handled by senior leadership.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 26, 2022

You’d like to believe the world is completely meritocratic—that you’ll put your heads down to work on your company, hit all your metrics, and just show up on the doorstep of a VC firm who will just be bowled over at the fantastic little company you’ve created. This is something a lot of people don’t think about.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With so many entrepreneurs and startup ventures seeking investment opportunities, it’s crucial that venture capitalists (VCs) create a list of criteria they want their potential investments to meet. As such, VCs have to consider a number of factors when choosing which companies or entrepreneurs in whom to invest.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

These range from companies pitching me to portfolio companies presenting at board meetings. So part of seeing you with a team is to get a read on team dynamics and believe me all VCs discuss the team dynamics after you leave as in. Here are some guidelines for you – particularly for VC pitch meetings.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. When you pitched me I really did love you. I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team? everything.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

I’m the on-paper poster child for “who can get VC dollars”. Will the money have been worth it if you find yourself out on the street, fired from your own company, just a few years later—replaced by some guy that was in the same fraternity as your lead VC? I’d argue that the answer is no, but that’s easy for me to say, right?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It seems Boston is faring well, and part of the reason for that appears to be that remote pitching is still a trend. “Fundraising has changed significantly and founders at all stages are now taking many first meetings on Zoom,” said Russ Wilcox, a partner at Pillar VC. Boston remains a vibrant startup and VC market in 2023.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. 8% of VC partnerships, for example). Now 33% of Supreme Court Justices are women (vs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2023

The firm claims it will hear anyone’s pitch, no matter where in the world you are or what you are building as long as you are a pre-seed or seed company. They insist on a video pitch. Now, we just have founders submit a video pitch through our platform. The upside? So the entire process can be done in a week.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

As part of my role as a partner of HealthInc, I sit on the jury for the startup competition in which 20 finalists pitch their ventures, with 10 then selected to enter the program. For example, remember to finish your point if you are interrupted during a pitch. We just need to want to do it and be willing to learn along the way.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The difference between pitching a VC and pitching a journalist (lol). How the #MeToo movement impacted leadership styles and changed accountability for the better. The best framework for the different types of media form out there, from Twitter to billboards to earned media.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

Many entrepreneurs pitching err on the side of too much information. You feel very unique when you pitch your business yet three weeks later when you follow up on your VC pitches each partner has probably seen 15-20 more companies in that time and while she remembers you, she can’t quite, exactly remember what was unique about you.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

“I had one cross my desk yesterday where a brand-name VC led the seed, which they are now calling a pre-seed,” Winfield told TechCrunch. Patricio Jutard, co-founder and general partner, Newtopia VC. Pitch Deck Teardown: Forethought’s $65M Series C deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: Forethought’s $65M Series C deck.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. Remember, a warm introduction or direct contact with the individual or their closest decision makers (such as managers and/or lawyers) can set the stage for a successful pitch.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2019

It’s not actually surprising that investors bought into it, considering that for a long time, VCs have focused on one particular archtype of leader as being more worthy of venture investment than others—the bold, confident visionary who will talk big in the pitch meeting.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

With all that experience, she knows all too well that the process of fundraising starts well before your first pitch meeting. How to Nail Your Virtual Pitch Meeting (Melissa Bradley, Ureeka). How Founders Can Think Like a VC (Lisa Wu, Norwest Venture Partners). Building and Leading a Sales Team (Ryan Azus, Zoom CRO).

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As a seasoned recruiter, his efforts have predominantly focused on structuring the executive teams of emerging VC and PE-backed ventures. Before founding Shields Group Search, Thomas hired the founders of companies for a VC studio at the inception stage. Shields Group Search was established to bridge this gap.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Startups and VC. Meanwhile, Connie talked with Sequoia’s Jess Lee to get a deeper understanding of how VC companies think about their deals. Blair Silverberg, CEO and co-founder of Hum Capital, says founders need to get a firm handle on LTV (lifetime value) and customer acquisition cost (CAC) before they start sending out pitch decks.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

So what attracted Howard Morgan, the VC with the hottest hand in NYC as of late ( Turntable.fm , Fab.com ), to bring the investment back to First Round? Joe and Mary Bureaucrat who don't even use the internet because Smalltown, USA blocks it as the decisionmakers. Ugh, right? Except that its working. how many salespeople do you have?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

I started off with several introductions that one of my friends from college and a former VC made for me to several of his previous colleagues. But when going to pitch meetings and VC events, I got the same feeling that I would get when you go to a high-end country club or a luxury store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

After the success of startups like Airbnb and smart-home players like Google, Amazon and Samsung, investors are “searching for good ideas and quality execution,” according to Jake Fingert and Lionel Foster of VC firm Camber Creek. How would she break the news to her leadership team and employees?

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Breen: I admired the leadership and growth of other companies that, at one point, were Startup Battlefield contestants. Together you rehearse and go over every iteration of the pitch line-by-line and slide-by-slide. As a result, we couldn’t have been more prepared for pitch day. TC: What did it feel like to pitch at Disrupt?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

There, they share pitch materials and information about their business. The founder gets a detailed assessment with feedback on their pitch materials, the underlying metrics that they can use to develop their business and, their ability to raise capital down the line. A three-way marketplace. ” It doesn’t end there.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Alongside a16z founder Marc Andreessen, general partner Chris Dixon has been integral to the firm’s rise as a giant in the crypto VC world — he was an early investor in startups such as Coinbase, Uniswap and Oculus VR. Hear from these newly installed execs about what their leadership means for OnlyFans. with Dylan Field (Figma).

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

We helped them refine their pitch to emphasize not only the innovation but also the market potential, scalability, and revenue model. The leadership promptly communicated the issue to investors, highlighting the steps being taken to address the problem. We tackled it by emphasizing a tangible prototype over traditional pitches.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Throughout all of these years I was a full-time VC so Launchpad really came out of evenings and weekends for me. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). By this time many accelerators were being created nationally and a few were getting off the grounds in LA, too. Yeah, he was LA, baby!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Another would be to introduce diversity quotas for women in leadership positions — an approach that has seen success since its legal implementation in California. Women are consistently losing out when it comes to accelerator backing and VC support. of VC partners are female, and in Europe, the picture isn’t much better: 83% of U.K.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Because “younger startups are now increasingly getting caught in the act” when it comes to misleading investors, Rebecca Szkutak asked several VCs about the red flags they look for while assessing a pitch and performing due diligence. “Our job as a VC is to ask about the other 96.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Pre-seed round funding is under scrutiny: Is VC pandemic posturing here to stay? It also means you’re the only one responsible for pitching VCs, running board meetings, staffing a team, and making major decisions. Russ Heddleston is Head of Commercial, DocSend at Dropbox. More posts by this contributor.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

The meetings included co-working spaces, accelerators, investor groups, tech giants, University startup hubs, maker groups, and pitch events. Doing startups, Angel and VC investing is mainstream. Startups need to refer to US customers and competitors in their pitch wherever possible. Entrepreneurs are a cultural norm in the US.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Tomorrow’s episode of Extra Crunch Live will feature guests VC Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures and Rachel Carlson, CEO and co-founder of Guild Education. Among other topics, Lee will talk about how Guild Education met her criteria for investment before the duo offer feedback on startup pitches submitted by audience members.

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

This isn’t relevant to the whole story, but I should stop here and share that I have had good friends work at Kleiner, they were the first firm to bring me on as a consultant to give me a window into the VC world (and trusted me) many years ago, and their alumni have gone on to make great contributions to technology and the VC ecosystem.].

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Moreover, founders must learn to embrace the challenges of fundraising, honing their pitching and networking skills in the process. I got into VC serendipitously, having spent the first 8 years of my career as an operator working in growth in startups and larger companies. And when did you first think about starting a fund?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Since being founded in 2015, the company has amassed a customer list that includes AppFolio, HotDoc, Pitch, Kumospace and Teamflow, and its customers report seeing up to 80% fewer video call errors after using Daily, Kwindla Hultman Kramer, co-founder and CEO of Daily, told TechCrunch via email. million round raised in May 2020.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Last week, right after I finished up this newsletter, I turned to Twitter and saw controversy over whether venture capitalists should charge founders for advice on their pitch decks. The anger came from the potential that founders could get confused on whether that advice could lean to a future investment from the same VC.

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