Venture Capital

AI Startups + Fundraising = What Are The Metrics?

What do I need to show in order to raise my next round? All entrepreneurs face that question at some point...
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Observations on Token Derivatives – Part One

In Part 1, we introduce FTX’s MOVE Contract with profit and loss visualisation, and how to use the MOVE Contract. Derivatives...
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Why Are Startups Taking Longer Than Ever To Go Public?

Technology startups since the past decade are staying private for much longer. During the dot-com boom (and bust) of the 2000s,...
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Having A Hard Time Reconnecting With A VC? 5 Practical Tips

  Many previous articles have talked about how to connect with investors, including how VCs can suck but you can minimize...
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Startups And The Series A1 Trap

Hit the magical $1M ARR a year after your A but not so sure if you should be raising a B?...
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Pitch right down the middle

Ideas are only as good as their pitches, and pros are the masters of pitch selection to improve business proposals. Three...
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What Do VCs Do All Day? 5 Visible Activities And The 1 Mostly Invisibl...

Remember the widely circulated series of memes “What people think I do” a few years back? Well, one of the VC...
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startup

Startups And Impact Investors – Good or Bad?

Value = Valuation. Valuation -> Profits. Profits!= Profiteering. Are you a startup wondering about this sequence? Then you may want to...
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Startups, VCs and Tranched Rounds? Yes Sometimes, No Mostly

Tranched rounds is the idea that an investor will commit to a total financing and give out portions as the entrepreneur...
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Food Automation: A Tidal Wave Of Startups

In the US there are more food outlets than ever before, which is to be expected given increased prosperity and population...
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How Do VCs Find And Fund Your Startup? – 4 Major Paths Of Deal F...

Following up from the last article “VCs Suck? Here Are 5 Practical Ways For Entrepreneurs To Minimize The Pain,” this post...
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Capital

VCs Suck – 5 Practical Ways For Entrepreneurs To Minimize The Pa...

I hear on an almost daily basis a startup complaining about VCs, mostly about lack of response or lack of clarity....
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