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Paul G. Silva

Entrepreneurs tend to explain to funders how they will spend money. Consult with teammates and mentors to create a list of the 3-7 high-priority questions your audience will ask. . Risk reduction not line items. Often in a graph that looks something like this… This seems logical but it sends the wrong message. Prep for Q&A.

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Systemiq secures $70 million to fund early-stage climate tech founders

TechCrunch

Morgan , the world’s top funder of fossil fuels. . The consulting giant, which pulls in an estimated $10 billion a year in revenue, also has a lengthy history of work with many of the world’s top polluters. Last year, OpenInvest sold to J.P. Systemiq was co-founded by McKinsey veterans Jeremy Oppenheim and Martin Stuchtey.

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Nuview emerges from stealth with plans to map the Earth using lidar

TechCrunch

Graumann, an Earth observation (EO) industry veteran who was most recently consulting for EO companies and startups with his company TerraMetric, said he repeatedly heard from customers who wanted to fuse their dataset with lidar data. Graumann said the idea for the company “struck [him] like a thunderbolt.”

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12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue share

TechCrunch

Jonathan Bragdon , its CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50,000-$300,000 in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2x revenues in 12-24 months. Chattanooga, TN-based Capacity Capital was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the southeastern U.S.

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Jitx wants to change the way engineers design circuit boards using code

TechCrunch

The startup began as a design consultancy helping companies design circuit boards, but they discovered this way of bringing more automation to the design process and began building the solution they have today, originally for themselves, before making it into a product. Image Credits: Jitx. The $12 million investment closed last year.

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AngelList just closed a $25M fund to back startups based on hiring velocity

TechCrunch

AngelList talent sees about 35,000 companies a quarter get active interest, but only half of those companies are investable early-stage businesses (the rest being Series B+ companies, consulting companies, venture capital firms, etc).

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

However, the business case for female funded startups is clear: a Boston Consulting Group study revealed that for every dollar of investment raised, female-run startups generated 78 cents in revenue, whereas male-run startups generated only 31 cents. Women outperformed their male counterparts despite raising less money ($935K versus $2.12M).