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Female Founders: What the numbers mean and what they don't

This is going to be BIG.

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures came in first, with a whopping 61%. Lerer Ventures was second, with just under 20%. Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine. Well, it''s gotta mean something, right?

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The Ideal Pitch Deck is a Story, a Science, and an Art

StartupNation

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in.

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Getting Your Head in the Game for Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

Take a Test Drive When you create the list of potential VCs to approach make sure you have a few “back up schools” in your mix and test some of those as your earliest pitches. You should also pitch your existing investors and ask them to react as though they’re outsiders. One very effective way is to use your broader team.

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Some Thoughts and Models Around Ownership Targets

This is going to be BIG.

Seems like that should translate over to the venture world, too. We do the work of sorting through the pitch decks of everyone and their mother, finding the diamonds in the rough, helping them turn an idea into something that looks like a company—and we do it for a fraction of the management fees of our later stage counterparts.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Immigration law Q&A, finding your problem, why a16z pitched Deel

TechCrunch

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A. For any venture capitalist, overlooking a potential unicorn isn’t just potentially embarrassing — it’s the sort of mistake that can haunt them for a lifetime.

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How to get your business funded by a venture capitalist or angel investor

Founder Bounty

While some business owners use personal savings or loans to get started, many others turn to investors to help finance their dreams. Knowing who your target investors are and what they are looking for can help you tailor your pitch and increase your chances of getting funded.

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The Anatomy of a Pitch

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Stories, Slides, and Data Primary data set of public 3-minute pitches and 2-minute Q&As I have spent more than a decade coaching thousands of people on how to tell stories. As a result, I began meticulously cataloging the pitch conversations I listened to and ended up with nearly four hundred thousand words in transcript data.