Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

with $15 million to Prove It The venture capital world has started firing up a few cylinders again and looking for businesses that it believes will help us all succeed in ways that resonate with new ways of working as we begin to return to work. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

Senators led by Amy Klobuchar introduced the New Business Preservation Act to incentivize venture capital formation around the country. It avoids two well-known traps for government-sponsored venture programs by requiring that public funds are matched with private dollars and that capital is deployed by professional investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

I recently sat down with Troy Carter to talk about what he does and why he believes it is applicable to venture capital. Influencers are inundated with requests for their time and have to develop filters of whom they trust and therefore who can refer them deals. ” “Mattel stepped up and changed the face of Barbie.

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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. The winners receive support, including an investment, to accelerate and scale their ventures. Be the learn-it-all. Keep it simple, stupid (KISS).

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Venture capital or VC. They also provide a method of helping new companies find investors before they’re ready for traditional venture capital investment. Taking a look at an investor’s portfolio in search of companies that are somehow similar to yours will make it easier to craft a good, eye-catching pitch.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

then a passing reference to Jimmy Hoffa. Probably a correlation here with why there was more venture funding for golf tech than women’s fertility until very recently…. Look, socialists hate venture capital, and venture capitalists hate unions. A lot of confused, raised brows, “Wait, aren’t unions bad?”

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

At the very least, answer ALL the profile questions, include your company’s logo, create a two-minute elevator pitch video and upload your presentation deck. I am continually surprised at founders who spend ten minutes throwing up a barebones profile and are dismayed that money doesn’t start flowing in.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

A newly funded startup all about helping people break into the venture capital investment world and land coveted cap table spots feels very 2020. During a downturn, the pitch seems more risky. You can’t buy a community, so make it worth it.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

” Jonathan sometimes refers to their investments as “micro-mezzanine” because “mezz is typically structured as a contractual periodic payment, with some equity-like upside, but subordinate to other debt … so most lenders look at it like equity.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Dig into the pitches yourself, as there’s never a bad time to check out some super-early-stage startups.” As the saying goes: Past performance is no guarantee of future results, but using 2020 debuts by neoinsurance firms Lemonade and Root as a reference point, Alex says the IPO window is wide open for other players in the space.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Fong’s Capitale Ventures is an investment and advisory group with expertise in complex, cross-border transactions. It partners with entrepreneurs in funding their growth stories through innovative market access and public venture capital strategies. We pitch to investors without requiring them to commit to a blind pool.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Read on to find out what these prolific investors have to say about hot startup sectors in Africa, investment trends, their predictions for 2023, how to pitch them and more. ” Olumide Soyombo, co-founder, Voltron Capital What differences did you notice in the investment landscape in 2022 compared to 2021?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Mercedes Bent , partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners. Jai Das , co-founder, president and partner, Sapphire Ventures. To make things as clear as possible, we asked each respondent to share their elevator pitch: How would they describe the technology if they were trying to convince a skeptic to invest? Today’s internet, Web 2.0,

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Lastly, I suggest reviewing these links on fundraising: Please don’t pitch a venture capitalist without this checklist. Is Venture Capital Right for Social Ventures? *

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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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.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

In simpler terms, Zeta helps companies pitch customers in varied manners depending on their own characteristics. This is especially the case when a solution doesn’t have many reference points and its significance may not be obvious. Some buyers could use a walkthrough of the buying process.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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David Teten VC

MARCH 30, 2023

Formstack alongside All Stage & Zapier allows us to solicit pitch meetings dates from founders, for deal leads to request SPV creation, for members to refer new members. clipr transcribes and categorizes the content of our pitch meeting video recordings.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Meanwhile, read on for highlights from our chat with Olson, Grooms Lee and Adler, and then stay tuned at the end for a recording of the full session, including our live pitch-off. Squarespace’s reference price has been set at $50 per share. WalkMe is going public: Let’s stroll through its numbers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

So despite total funding for women-founded companies reaching $834 million in 2021, per Partech Africa — a VC firm and data tracker of African investments — and the number of women in venture capital increasing, t heir representation remains minute against a faster-growing percentage of startups run by men.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities. —– Versatile Venture Capital specializes in companies targeting early profitability.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Lastly, I suggest reviewing these links on fundraising for impact companies: So you are looking for capital for your social enterprise? Congratulations! Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

To turn today’s early bets into tomorrow’s lucrative investments, specialized firms like Entourage Effect Capital and Poseidon are deploying capital into so-called “plant-touching” and ancillary businesses. How do you prefer to be approached, a cold email, or a warm pitch? I do love a warm pitch.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Meetings should have a clear purpose, but instead, they’ve become a way to measure status and reinforce what is colloquially referred to as CYA culture. It’s hard to pin down where Shein is from,” answered Richard Xu from Grand View Capital, a Chinese venture capital firm. for nearly two years.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . Linkedin : Versatile Venture Capital / David Teten personal. It’s also helpful for identifying people with whom we can do reference checking.

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TechCrunch

JULY 4, 2022

A lot of pitch decks I review have a slide that really shouldn’t be there: the exit strategy slide. As an early-stage startup, it’s downright nonsensical, and it shouldn’t be part of your pitch deck at all. TechCrunch+ is having an Independence Day sale! Save 50% on an annual subscription here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. Slides in this deck The team submitted this slide deck with the note that it was submitted exactly as it pitched it to the investors. Not all in good ways, but I’m getting slightly ahead of myself.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 27, 2010

Kinda seems like that sometimes, right—that the venture capital community seems to chase after the bright shiny object of the moment in droves and then just as quickly moves on to the next new new thing. Back when I was at Union Square Ventures, Fred started to get really excited about podcasting. Geolocation is so 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

And I always encourage entrepreneurs to do reference checking. Always Pitch Outsiders for Follow Ons. So it seems strange advice for me to recommend that you pitch outside investors first for follow on investments. My corollary for VC is “pitch outsiders and you’ll have great insiders.&#

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 27, 2010

Kinda seems like that sometimes, right—that the venture capital community seems to chase after the bright shiny object of the moment in droves and then just as quickly moves on to the next new new thing. Back when I was at Union Square Ventures, Fred started to get really excited about podcasting. Geolocation is so 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. They achieved all of this before they raised even a penny of venture capital. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Gaetano Crupi is a partner at venture capital firm Prime Movers Lab. I have also heard it referred to as a “narrative deck” — basically a detailed, written version of your pitch. I have also heard it referred to as a “narrative deck” — basically a detailed, written version of your pitch.

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Day One Ventures , a venture firm launched in 2018 with a pitch to combine venture capital acumen with marketing and communications support, has launched a program aimed explicitly at those impacted by tech layoffs this year.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

They are found across all industries and are useful for entrepreneurs who are beyond the seed stages of financing but are not yet ready to seek out venture capital. The list should include around 30 to 50 names, which you can put into a spreadsheet with other relevant information for easy reference. Perfect your pitch.

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