Raising Early Stage Funding. Takeaways from this guideHow the fundraising landscape has evolved.How you should align your company to these changes.What you should pitch.When is the best time to fundraise.Download the guideEarly stage
Do VCs Sign NDAs? How Does That Impact Your Strategy? Photo by Helloquence on UnsplashA non-disclosure agreement sounds like a very good thing when you are a startup looking for help building your business. Yet, many investors, including VCs, have no intention
How to Do Cold Emails the Right Way Cold emails tend to provide little chance of getting a positive response. In fact, many VCs used to advise against this practice. If you’ve got your heart set on cold emails, you
How To Build a Pitch Deck If you can build a 10-slide PowerPoint deck, then you can raise millions of dollars from investors. OK, OK, that might be a bit of hyperbole, but the reality is that some of
The Key to Investor Relations for a Start-up is Communication Photo by Pavan Trikutam on UnsplashOne of the biggest mistakes a startup can make after working tirelessly to raise funding from investors is ceasing to nurture the relationship with the investors after
How To Pitch? An elevator pitch! There’s the elevator pitch, which is a 30-second or less verbal explanation of what your startup does and what makes it unique. There’s the pitch deck, which is anywhere from 10
Fundraising for funds Investor Intelligence helps existing fund managers and General Partners (GP’s), who are looking to set up or have set up a new investment fund and need help with finding Limited Partners (LP’s).
Five Pitch Deck Design Tips Without venture capital, a startup cannot get off the ground, so it’s important for startup companies to be armed with an impressive pitch deck. A pitch deck is a Powerpoint or Keynote
Angel Investors - 101 In the startup world, angel investors are some of the most important people that you can meet when you are first attempting to get a new venture off the ground. Angel investors can
The Do’s and Don’ts for Pitch Decks Your pitch deck can make you or break you. You may have an excellent idea, but it’ll be like a Game of Thrones saga insecure writers only write for themselves if you
Angels, Seed Funds and VC Funds Photo by Chris Li on UnsplashIn the minds of many first-time startup founders, there is no significant difference between angel investors, seed funds and VC funds. As a result, they often adopt
Startup Team- Key to Success When it comes to starting and launching a new venture, your team is everything. Not only who is on your payroll and active in the day-to-day operations of your company but also your
Why Fundraising Is So Hard for Startups Look around. You’ll notice a clear pattern. Startups, big and small, continue to struggle to get the funding they need. Even with sound business models, it seems impossible to secure enough funding
Key Metrics So You and the VC Are on the Same Page There are a variety of metrics, numbers, and measurements that venture capitalists use to judge the overall health and profitability of any startup venture. The only problem is, venture capitalists and startup entrepreneurs
Raising Outside Capital It’s often hard to determine exactly how much capital to raise. Should you raise enough for 6 months, 1 year or 2 years? Should you raise enough to buy assets or just
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