TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Featuring topics like green infrastructure, new mobilities, sustainable tech, urban mobility The Fintech Stage: Dive into the evolution of monetary exchanges and follow the technology that is powering new ways of capturing and distributing value and wealth.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Mentors are immensely helpful, but they’re not a requirement: We run articles regularly that explain how to create pitch decks and reach out to investors. Most of them are so open to pitches, they’ve provided their contact information below. Tell us how you’d like to be approached by a founder with their initial pitch.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

Giving the same pitch, sending the same email, and answering the same questions over and over again. Business #3 (Scale): The only job is to create a growing but sustainable business. Businesses that are scalable like startups, but at the same time they are a well-oiled machine, sustainable, not super risky. Refresh again.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

The innovation offered by machine learning techniques are real, and they will changed the SaaS world. domain name and inserting the words machine learning/artificial intelligence to your sales pitch isn’t sufficient to succeed. How can startups use machine learning to their advantage? But just plugging those APIs, buying the.ai

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Traction is one of the most important elements to nail when pitching investors. When should I present my traction slide during the pitch? How do I drip in traction throughout my pitch? During your pitch, you don’t have to wait until the traction slide itself to start talking traction. Click below to jump to a section.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

AI Stage Fintech Stage Hardware Stage SaaS Stage Security Stage Space Stage Sustainability Stage 3. Each Startup Battlefield company will also fast-pitch live on the expo’s Pitch Showcase Stage. Only the top 200 will make the cut and exhibit for all three days of Disrupt.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Sales and support prepare their pitches. One well known SaaS unicorn focused itself on monthly product launches. One well known SaaS unicorn focused itself on monthly product launches. The company sustained this cadence for two years. Sustain a frenetic cadence for too long, employees burnout.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

Data show that traditional marketing doesn’t work on developers, and it’s not because they’re impervious to a sales pitch. SaaS companies can grow to $20M+ ARR by selling exclusively to developers. moment where a consumer is able to incorporate a new product into their workflow. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

Hear them pitch live from the Showcase Stage. Expo+ Pass: This three-day, limited-feature option lets you access the expo floor, where you can meet, greet and network with the Startup Battlefield 200 companies — our curated cohort and the only early-stage startups allowed to exhibit. Attend Partner Roundtable and Partner Breakouts sessions.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

How to root out shadow IT and maximize SaaS investments. In a modern, mostly remote workplace, unapproved SaaS applications used by individual employees may lead to duplicate subscriptions, wasted IT spend and greater risk of a data breach. “Implementing self-service SaaS at your organization is easier than you may think.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

There’s nothing like an increasing level of regulations to create spaces for new startups to appear, especially in SaaS. And, of course, Salesforce’s sustainability cloud is a huge player. Persefoni is claiming this to be the largest round for a SaaS climate tech company, although TechCrunch could not confirm that at publication.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

TechCrunch is excited to announce the six companies pitching in person and onstage at TC Sessions Mobility 2022. Hailing from around the United States and the globe, founders will pitch on the main stage, for four minutes, followed by an intense Q&A with our expert panel of judges. Startups pitching on the main stage.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Wavemaker Partners doesn’t just want to invest in climate tech and sustainability startups. Vaquette and Cheong led ENGIE Factory , the sustainability-focused Southeast Asia venture arm of ENGIE Group, one of the world’s largest utility companies. It also wants to help build them. That’s where Wavemaker Impact and its network comes in.In

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2021

We got into two different businesses and their approaches on how to serve farm robots, from SaaS leases to selling the robots one by one. Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups. Announcing the Early Stage Pitch-Off judges. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Landing in a period when VCs have been tightening their purse strings, it speaks to how strongly Muck Rack has performed until now and the confidence investors have in it sustaining that ahead.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Quality of life (personal health, sustainability, proptech, transportation). Confluent’s IPO brings a high-growth, high-burn SaaS model to the public markets. What we can see in Confluent is nearly an old-school, high-burn SaaS business. Confluent’s IPO brings a high-growth, high-burn SaaS model to the public markets.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

In April we hosted the inaugural TC Early Stage Pitch-Off with 10 top companies from around the globe. TC is on the hunt to feature a new batch of 10 companies this summer to pitch in front of TC editors, global investors, press and hundreds of attendees. Nervous to pitch onstage in front of thousands? Apply here by June 7th.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

Edtech investors are flocking to SaaS guidance counselors. Natasha Mascarenhas explores a new crop of edtech SaaS startups that function like guidance counselors, helping students with everything from study-abroad opportunities to swiping right on a captivating college (really!). Somasegar reveal what sings in Coda’s pitch doc.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Call me on my fair phone : Natasha L also covers that Fairphone nabs $53 million in growth capital for “sustainable” consumer electronics. Let’s roll that back a bit : Eldar Tuvey explains how you can cut your SaaS spending by 30% in 2023. states , raising $4.4

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

” The complexity of the farming operation itself isn’t in doubt, and Source’s pitch is to take all of these growth parameters, combine that with historical crop yield data and market pricing etc., and on the indoor climate around the plants to maximize sustainability and production.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It may seem like SaaS is everywhere, but there’s one sector that’s been slow to adopt it — manufacturing. SaaS startup Guidewheel’s co-founder and CEO Lauren Dunford had previously worked in manufacturing, and she knew just how inefficient plant operations could be. Guidewheel doesn’t lead its sales pitches with the energy savings.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Unfortunately, there are many companies that should not have raised as much as they did, or perhaps don’t have sustainable business models. Pitch Deck Teardown: Rokoko’s $3M strategic extension deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: Rokoko’s $3M strategic extension deck. These companies will struggle to survive.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Well, it’s 2021 and investors are hopping around like crazy to invest in ideas that push the boundaries in fields far flung from enterprise SaaS. Hardware, IoT, infrastructure, utilities and government are five keywords you probably most would have wanted to avoid when pitching investors even a few years ago.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Just as a sales team builds and refines its funnel, early-stage founders in fundraising mode can create an investor funnel that will help sustain their company for years to come. Pitch Deck Teardown: BoxedUp’s $2.3M seed round pitch deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: BoxedUp’s $2.3M seed round pitch deck.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The following areas should be explored to determine the feasibility of the business under consideration will become sustainable and profitable. However, SaaS technology enables the use of technology via monthly subscription instead of the expense required for outright purchase. Another funding pathway for startups is crowdfunding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. Fuelfinance Their pitch: “We do your spreadsheets, graphs, and automation.

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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. How do you prefer to receive pitches? That said, we follow innovations closely and are open to exploring new verticals.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Rather, he describes the startup as a SaaS-enabled marketplace for residential construction, starting with custom ADUs. ” Mighty Buildings lands $22M to create ‘sustainable and affordable’ 3D-printed homes. Czarnecki emphasizes that Cottage is not a prefab homebuilder.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Edtech needs to reach beyond underfunded public school systems to become more sustainable, which is why more investors and founders are focusing on lifelong learning. This year, we’re adding a new feature: Our guests will analyze pitch decks submitted by members of the audience to identify their strengths and weaknesses.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

It’s hard to be sustainably objectively better than others, but you definitely cannot be objectively worse. If you look at SaaS, there are 53 times more companies than 10 years ago, with hundreds of tools available in any given category — think of email marketing, for instance. Can you explain this concept? Seven hours of video.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck. Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck. Veo CEO Candice Xie has a plan for building a sustainable scooter company, and it’s working. for nearly two years.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

I think of this as digital transformation, cloud-based SaaS and AI,” said Marianne Wu, the MD of 40 North. “Sustainability and manufacturing are not synonymous,” he admits. “Industrial tech is a misnomer. “The baggage of industrial tech tells you everything about the opportunity.”

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Al Lijee , CEO, TowGator Invite Critiques with Reverse Pitching A unique approach I’ve found effective in determining the viability of a new business idea is what I call “reverse pitching.” This financial scrutiny forms a realistic basis for evaluating whether the business idea is sustainable in the long run.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Here’s what to know via Jet co-founder Nate Faust : He sold his business to Walmart for $3 billion in 2016, and now he’s back to compete with Amazon with a sustainable e-commerce play. Announcing the TC Early Stage Pitch-Off. Why do SaaS companies with usage-based pricing grow faster. Get your tickets here for $5. Seen on TC.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

As Rebecca Szkutak reported this week, SaaS startups that ignored this advice outperformed the ones that followed it. How to turn user data into your next pitch deck. How to turn user data into your next pitch deck. SaaS startups that ignored VC advice to cut sales and marketing were better off this year. Series A deck.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Between his roles as co-leader of Mayfield Fund’s engineering biology practice and founder at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta reviewed approximately 470 startup pitches last year. “In 10 days, I can do the primary research and work with the founders to come to a conclusion there.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Our survey respondents said the city was strong across a broad range of tech industries, particularly those with practical applications: cybersecurity, energy and sustainability, fintech, health care and medtech, edtech and silver tech among others. Sustainability, silver tech, women in tech. Deep tech, SaaS, sustainability.

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