While Newfund is industry agnostic, there is one thing which all of the French companies Augustin Sayer chooses to work with have in common. There is an international reach baked …
Pitch Deck and Hiring Lessons That Pay off With VC and Founder Michael Silton
“I love the pre-seed and seed stage of company formation, because this is where the hard work of understanding what makes a difference in customers’ lives comes about,” says Michael …
Sara Deshpande from Maven VC’s criteria for funding startups
Sara Deshpande, Partner at Maven Ventures, became the company’s first employee in 2014. Since that time, she has been part of over 30 investments, and nine exits. These have included …
How to Pitch a Non-Silicon Valley Investor
According to a 2021 US Venture Capital Outlook report from Pitchbook, funding analysts expect that the Bay Area will fall below 20% of U.S. deals for the first time this …
Pitch Practice With Jackson Square Ventures’ Victor Echevarria
As a founder, it’s your job to know all the ways your startup could potentially fail. And if you believe you have all your bases covered, founder-turned-investor Victor Echevarria encourages …
Pitching Your Enterprise Software Startup with Lightspeed’s Nnamdi Iregbulem
A self-taught programmer turned venture capitalist, Nnamdi Iregbulem, who specializes in enterprise software, loves to dive into the guts of what makes a product work. Parsing out the technical details …
Is Your Startup Venture-Scale?
According to B2B investor Arjun Chopra, not every startup is venture-scale. He explains what makes a venture-scale startup and why a solid founder-market fit is so important. “We’re in the …
Why Founders Need to Make an Early Investment in Coaching with GoCoach’s Jeff Walsh and Rebecca Taylor
As founder, you may have advisors or mentors to turn to for help in solving specific business problems. But those figures, while important, may not be able to help you …
How to Pitch an Early-Stage Investor: Pitch Practice with Rogue’s Caroline Lewis
For Caroline Lewis of Rogue Venture Partners, a lightbulb moment arrived while working at a startup as a recent college graduate. That company, a woman-led, health-focused firm in West Virginia, …
How I Raised a $3.5M Seed Round Led by Steve Jurvetson in 30 Days
There is much more to effective networking than swapping business cards at cocktail parties and conferences. Particularly when it comes to fundraising, successful networking requires a methodical, even scientific approach. …
Pitch Practice with Newfund Capital’s Henri Deshays
For Newfund Capital partner Henri Deshays, passion and commitment to solve a specific problem is the cornerstone of a potential early-stage investment. Deshays, who also co-founded Stanford’s StartX accelerator program …
How to Get a Venture Capitalist’s Attention with Outward VC’s Sanchit Dhote
When it comes to raising venture capital, cutting through the noise is half the battle for early-stage founders. Sanchit Dhote of Outward VC pulls back the curtain on how investors …
How to Raise a Seed Round with TnT Ventures Partner Matt Tillman
If you’re raising seed or pre-seed money, you need more than just capital. Matt Tillman, partner at TnT Ventures, explains what to look for in early-stage investors, best practices in …
How to Fundraise Efficiently with Mike Wilner from AWS
Raising money? Mike Wilner, co-author of Oversubscribed: A Founder’s Guide to Seed Fundraising and member of the startup business development team at AWS, shares his playbook for efficient fundraising. Join …
Thinking Like a CEO with Cam Kashani
Entrepreneur and coach Cam Kashani, also known as ‘The Godmother of Silicon Beach’, goes deep into the ups and downs of founding two startups, bouncing back from failure, and how …