David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

At Versatile VC, we particularly like investing in “dual-PhD” problems, at the intersection of multiple domains. Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. The Baylor New Venture Competition is a business plan and elevator pitch competition for college students from around the globe.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 15, 2020

It would be a directive to literally invest in the talent base—to create a path for influence and economic mobility within a firm. Mentorship and the building of track records within other people’s firms is an important pathway to partner, even in your own fund. It also broadens the pool of who can attempt to raise a fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Well, I get nothing out of seeing how well a bunch of people can pitch their businesses on stage. I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.” We’ll see. TechStars Interactions. I refuse to go to demo days. Yet I love TechStars. Launchpad LA.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

GSEA delivers on its vision to empower student entrepreneurs to become the world’s most influential change-makers by supporting them with mentorship, recognition and connections to take their businesses to the next level of success. I scrambled to get my application done and worked on my pitch.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 17, 2024

After an intensive weekly program, eight innovative start-ups pitched their business models to a panel of judges, with three outstanding participants receiving top honors. Over the course of 10 weeks, business Founders participated in development classes and were provided mentorship with direct access to investment opportunities.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

Hosted by Delaware Prosperity Partnership , fifteen finalists from Delaware and surrounding states are competing for a share of $215,000 in non-dilutive funding and other awards with winning ventures receiving up to $20,000 in grants along with mentorship and other support.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With so many entrepreneurs and startup ventures seeking investment opportunities, it’s crucial that venture capitalists (VCs) create a list of criteria they want their potential investments to meet. As such, VCs have to consider a number of factors when choosing which companies or entrepreneurs in whom to invest.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 10, 2024

On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Bootcamp. Through expert-led weekly group sessions and personalized mentorship, participants refine their business models, financial strategies, and presentation skills, culminating in a compelling pitch presentation.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

This annual gathering brings together a dynamic mix of entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists from the surrounding states, creating a fertile ground for innovation, networking, and investment opportunities. With a rigorous selection process, only the most promising tech-enabled companies get the chance to pitch.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

Pitch your business idea at a competition to earn startup funding. Plus, if you don’t win, you’ll still grow your pitching skills, hash out your business plan and potentially meet like-minded entrepreneurs (potential partners) and venture capitalists. Check out this list of pitching competitions.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

The program also includes mentorship, access to online resources and the opportunity to be considered for even larger grants. Leading the global shift toward inclusive innovation, digitalundivided invested in over 1,500 Black and Latinx women entrepreneurs in 2020. Do You Fellowship Program.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Year-in, year-out, the gender gap in venture capital investment continues to be a problem women founders face. In fintech, the problem is especially prominent: Women-founded fintechs have raised a meager 1% of total fintech investment in the last 10 years. of total investment dollars. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

In an investment landscape that has changed drastically over recent years, the demo day is an outdated tradition. A founder stands on stage and pitches themselves and their companies in the best light for 30 minutes or so. The emphasis on showmanship and the concept of betting on people turns investment into gambling.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Twenty-three members of the Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab cohort are pitching today to an audience of over 300 investors, potential partners, and customers. In addition, Morgan Stanley will hold pitch competitions in various cities in North America and EMEA, seeking out the best candidates for the upcoming cohort.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. Supporting the growing roster of programs also required more administrative overhead to solve legal issues, track investments and support cross-program communications and learning.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

Entrepreneurs seek to find the right investor and to make the best pitch when the opportunity comes Entrepreneurs start their companies with great passion and big dreams. First, they need to know the investment alternatives available for their business and then determine how to meet the expectations of those investors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs admits 10 to 15 companies per cohort and invests up to $100,000 into each startup in exchange for 6% equity. Kim noted that the investment is made either with a SAFE (simple agreement for future equity) or stock purchase agreement — a decision that is up to the startup to make. . and Asia. .

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Although veteran-owned businesses are often more successful than the average startup, they still need mentorship, funding and support to take their idea from concept to market. Before you can pitch your idea to investors or apply for a loan from a financial institution, you should draft a business plan. and overall, 6.8 Final thoughts.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort. The Bridge2 program is an 8-week pre-accelerator designed to prepare scalable, tech-enabled startup companies for Oklahoma-based accelerator programs and to pursue funding from private and public investment sources.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 30, 2023

Help is at the ready for growing food and fibre businesses looking for capital to support their growth potential through dedicated support, knowledge, mentorship and investor connections. Even with the right people and strategy, young businesses still need sufficient investment to really hum. investment-ready.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This dynamic zone will feature IR pitches for investment attraction, conducted on a dedicated stage, and thought-provoking conferences. In addition, COMEUP has introduced an online business matching program, operational year-round, to broaden investment and collaboration opportunities crucial for startup growth.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

As a Black fintech founder, I believe that venture investors are making safe bets and investing in late-stage founders instead of early or even pre-seed stages. However, I didn’t receive a single response while other founders received VC investment for basic ideas. These discussions then bring further biases to the surface.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

Read the interview: Richard Liew: For those who may not know who Ministry of Awesome is – let’s just assume there might be some – can you give us your elevator pitch? We’ve got some really incredible people that have joined our team to provide that one-to-one mentorship and advice.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Thousand Faces , a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program. It is currently raising a seed round to invest in business development and grow its product development. million smartphones charged or 13,800 pounds of coal burned.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When we invest they are often the company counsel so we see them at board meetings. They’ll invite you out to events in which you’ll meet their other clients, you can get to know them socially and hopefully develop a real mentorship relationship where every conversation is not on the clock. Our lives are intertwined.

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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. Let’s get one thing very clear, not every startup has to raise investment nor it’s the job of a startup to raise money. You should only consider raising investment when your house is in order. Refresh again. Still nothing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

When investors spend time at an accelerator, they listen to brainstorming sessions, pitches and mentorship advice that includes a broad range of perspectives and opinions. Investment is much like dating — VCs could go for 40 coffee meetings a week with founders, but only one or two really catch their eye.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

Mentorship is a crucial ingredient to a student’s success. For Mentor Collective , a Boston-based startup founded in 2014, answers to the challenges and opportunities within scaled mentorship have taken time to figure out. Boyar initially started the company thinking that it would be a nonprofit. The more important milestone?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Certainly, their pitch — that men need more ways through unconventional men’s products to express themselves — is a smart one. Naturally, Estee Lauder’s imprimatur could make a difference here, too, particularly given that the cosmetics giant isn’t known to actively invest in startups or lead seed rounds.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

As the early-stage, biology-focused accelerator arm of SOSV, IndieBio gives the companies in its program $250,000+, mentorship and full access to a biology lab to bring their ideas to life. The spectrum of companies coming out of IndieBio has always been pretty wild, and its latest batch definitely doesn’t disappoint. San Francisco.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

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. I wanted [a term for] something similar (between debt and equity) but on an extremely small scale.”.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

2) National Black MBA Association Scale-Up Pitch Challenge. The National Black MBA Association Scale-Up Pitch Challenge is another great source of funding for minority start-ups. The Oakland Black Business Fund is an investment platform that provides services to Black-owned businesses found in the Oakland, California area.

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Feedough

JANUARY 20, 2021

Startup aid usually comes in the form of funding and capital investment. And the first investment that’s required to plant the startup seed is seed funding. Seed funding, also called seed money or seed capital, is the initial investment a startup requires to start its operations or to launch itself as a full-fledged business.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 10, 2024

On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Ben Franklin Technology Partners hosted a virtual pitch event for their TechCelerator Startup Bootcamp. Through expert-led weekly group sessions and personalized mentorship, participants refine their business models, financial strategies, and presentation skills, culminating in a compelling pitch presentation.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. Institutional investors like accelerators, angel capitalists, venture capitalists may invest during seed round. Friends and family usually pitch in during the pre-seed stage as the amount required is relatively low, and they trust the founders more than the idea.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

Companies want to build for the pain point you never dreamed to disrupt; VCs want to invest in an emerging trend before it becomes a household name; and those breaking into tech are told to lean into their earnestness, because you never know who is going to answer your cold email. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Smart, and common.

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