Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

Being self-sustainable has given us a new perspective on startup funding, especially compared to what I experienced on my first accelerator run. The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Now that you have said subscription, head on over to Haje ’s story about your pitch deck needing an operating plan. Rising tides and all : Sustainable Ocean Alliance, an ocean-focused, early-stage startup incubator, got itself $18 million in new funding from sources, most notably Marc and Lynne Benioff, Devin writes. Startups and VC.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The venture capital market is on a tear , pumping capital into a host of startups around the world. It’s generally considered a great time to raise capital and build a technology-centered, disruptive business. For some, that is. ” Norman asked TechCrunch rhetorically before supplying his own answer: No.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2020 report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) revealed that despite women constituting 30 percent of the region’s entrepreneurs, they receive a mere eight percent of venture capital funding.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I’ve made a bet that if a founder pitches me, whether or not I fund them, if I make the process worthwhile by telling them exactly why I couldn’t get there, they’re likely to recommend that other founders do the same. Is this pay to pitch? Time/Effort As investors, we offer money as our product—and the demand for it is high.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2013

Ten years ago, I was an analyst for the General Motors pension fund, working on fund investments into leveraged buyout funds and venture capital deals. Now that I''m gathering capital, that seems to have been a missed opportunity. You see, people doing interesting stuff often need capital to make that stuff sustainable.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 16, 2020

The venture capital community reacted to the racial reckoning the country experienced in June in ways I felt were pretty underwhelming—one-time pitch events for Black founders or promises to only meet with Black founders for a month. We’ll follow with events on Fintech, Climate, AI, and other sectors of innovator interest.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

I’ve heard pitches from many life science companies with deeply credentialed and innovative technical founders with absolutely no business expertise on the team. An out-of-balance team A key factor when you’re considering an investment is whether business expertise and technical know-how of the founding team are in balance.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

A growth framework for reaching $1M ARR Pitch Deck Teardown: DeckMatch’s $1M pre-seed deck Image Credits: DeckMatch (opens in a new window) Using this slightly redacted 14-slide deck, the founders of DeckMatch raised a $1.1 “But it doesn’t negate the fact that women are coming to the table from an investor standpoint.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

Felix Williams is the founder and managing director of Lagomaj Capital. TechCrunch sat down with Williams to learn more about how he got into venture capital, and his plans for the future. When did you first become interested in venture capital? While growing up, I had no idea what venture capital was.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

It’s hard to pin down where Shein is from,” answered Richard Xu from Grand View Capital, a Chinese venture capital firm. Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck. Image Credits: MaC Venture Capital / Wonderschool. for nearly two years.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M Five Flute’s founders shared their slightly redacted pitch deck with us. ” Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M Malvika Bhagwat and Kriti Bansal, Owl Ventures. Jomayra Herrera, partner, Reach Capital. Jomayra Herrera, partner, Reach Capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

This approach helps us weather potential headwinds as we build a self-sustaining business.” ” Investors must believe it’s a solid approach, as well, given that Komprise this week managed to close a $37 million funding round from Canaan Partners, Celesta Capital, Multiplier Capital and Top Tier Ventures.

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Feedough

JANUARY 20, 2021

An entrepreneur sows a seed in the form of a startup idea , takes care of it and nurtures it with internal and external aid till the startup grows, reaps fruits, and sustains itself. Startup aid usually comes in the form of funding and capital investment. Startups are a lot like plants. What Is Seed Funding? Sources Of Seed Funding.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

.” ‘It was perfect timing’ Pitching more than 100 investors, Shells says it took around six months to close the seed round. The raise makes Shells and Umubyeyi two of the fewer than 250 Black women who’ve raised more than $1 million in venture capital. Last year, less than an estimated 0.5%

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

You don’t need to move to San Francisco to launch a startup, but working here does have some advantages: moderate weather, natural beauty, great food, and sure, the world’s largest concentration of venture capital. Now, the company has 50 employees, plans to open a cat café and is eyeing an expansion into retail. .”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

.” “It was perfect timing” Pitching more than 100 investors, Shells says it took around four months to close the seed round. The raise makes Shells and Umubyeyi two of the fewer than 250 Black women who’ve raised more than $1 million in venture capital. Last year, less than an estimated 0.5%

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Diligence cycles have extended, better relationships with founders can be formed, investors can enter new spaces with more preparation, and a thoughtful approach to early-stage venture capital can emerge,” Kareem added. How do you prefer to receive pitches?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Now, the company has a new name, Supplant, and $24 million in venture capital financing to start commercializing its low-cost sugar substitute made from the waste materials of other plants. “Sugar is a massive consumer of water and in contrast, there’s big sustainability pitch for what we do. Those chemicals.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. Deep tech founders face special challenges when pitching investors: they usually don’t have a product, customers or revenue. Grafana’s early pitch deck — 12:00. The pitch deck teardown — 32:00.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

For those of us who don’t meet those gender and racial criteria, simply thriving requires more attention to detail, energy and time than is often sustainable. Now, imagine you’re stepping into those discussions with the understanding that we are ultimately people pitching to people, so you must “click” in an often all-too-brief interaction.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

When founder Arvind Gupta left the accelerator last year to join the venture capital fund Mayfield , Mayfield and IndieBio partnered to form the Genesis Consortium, which offers IndieBio companies an additional $250,000 in optional funding. Leaving the $3.2 San Francisco. Accelerators embrace change forced by pandemic.

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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. Benoit Wirz , partner, Brighteye Ventures (an active edtech-focused venture capital fund in Europe that backs YouSchool, Lightneer and Aula).

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But, still, every startup, especially those seeking angel and venture capital funding, are conditioned to project this growth curve – because investors love it. At this stage, entrepreneurs may leverage their growth momentum to attract venture capitalists and other investors. Today, disruption is rather slow-paced.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit. Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit. How to kick the 10 worst startup habits with Fuel Capital’s Leah Solivan. Image Credits: MaC Venture Capital. LG’s exit from the smartphone market comes as no surprise.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sustaining the sustainable : Mike also writes that Prediction Capital hits first close of €30 million for new fund to back startups addressing UN SDGs. An apple a day : Andrew reports that Even Healthcare lands additional capital to advance primary care adoption in India. You’re the master of your own destiny.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

The investment was led by Advantage Capital with participation from Conductive Ventures, Origin Ventures, ScOp Venture Capital, JobsOhio, Cintrifuse Capital and 1809 Capital. million Series A extension funding round. Learn more at Advantagecap.com. Securities & Exchange Commission.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

“These deals were traditionally harder to track than primary venture capital deals, as they don’t generally get announced, but a new fleet of startups is shining light on them,” such as Caplight, Notice, Birel and Hive Markets. “It was really hard to figure out what was going on.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Enabling other companies to offer financial products continues to be a hot area for venture capital investors to put their dollars. Investors seem to believe the sales pitch, at least, Kyle reports, with Imply raising $100 million at a $1 billion+ valuation. . Where dem dollas at?

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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

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There’s no magic formula for creating a winning pitch deck, which is why most of the articles we run on this topic continually emphasize the fundamentals. Venture capitalists are like judges at a gymnastics competition: Each pitch will be assessed for its technical quality and difficulty, but execution and artistry is just as important.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

In six months, you’re going to pitch on stage at demo day, to an institutional investor in your industry,” Executive Director Caroline Winnett tells TechCrunch. Apparel brands are scrambling for new, low-impact fabric that will allow them to meet their ambitious sustainability goals,” CEO Taylor Heisley-Cook tells TechCrunch. “We

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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

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

JUNE 25, 2022

The workforce reduction, per CEO David Rogier on Twitter, was made “to adapt to the worsening macro environment and get to self-sustainability faster.” When I first covered the company in March 2020 , I got stuck on its pitch of aspirational learning. The layoffs place a spotlight on the premise behind MasterClass.

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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. 26% venture capitalists. Pitch Deck Teardown: BoxedUp’s $2.3M seed round pitch deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: BoxedUp’s $2.3M

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