Seed pitch

This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.

This document provides lessons and recommendations for creating an effective pitch deck for seed funding. It recommends including key slides that tell the story of the startup, such as describing the problem being solved, product, market opportunity, competition, team, and traction. The pitch deck should clearly communicate the startup's vision through a compelling narrative rather than a disconnected set of slides. Details like fonts, images, and branding should be consistent to avoid distraction. The goal is to concisely yet memorably convey the startup story to investors.

The document provides guidance on creating an effective startup pitch deck for presenting to angels and venture capitalists (VCs). It outlines the key components to include in a pitch deck, such as the problem/solution, team, traction, financial projections, and ask. Additional slides cover the market opportunity, competition, business model, and exit strategy. The document emphasizes telling a clear story, demonstrating product-market fit, and focusing on the most pressing customer needs or problems.

A downloadable template created by VCs for founders looking to raise seed capital. Download here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pxnyscz93dzjbv8/Nextview_startup_pitch_deck_template.pptx?dl=0

Presentation from Marc Phillips, Managing Partner of Arafura Ventures, and author of "Inside Silicon Valley: How the deals get done," with a slide-by-slide approach to developing your pitch deck -- using examples from real-life winning pitch decks. Check out sample essential pitch deck slides for: . - Mission/Vision - Problem/Solution - Market size - IP - Financial projections - Management team - and more! Sponsored by Early Growth Financial Services and Cooley.

This document provides an overview of Notation, a venture capital firm focused on pre-seed investments in technical founding teams building internet companies in NYC. Notation raised an $8M Fund I and had successful outcomes, proving their model of partnering with exceptional early-stage founders. For Fund II, Notation is raising a $25M first-check fund to continue dedicating to technical founders primarily in NYC, with the goal of building a long-term institutional firm and vibrant founder community.

This presentation will introduce you to the fundamentals of raising capital for venture builders, startup studios. Compared to raising capital for a single startup, the fundraising process is more challenging. Because you are raising money for an organization that will be active participant in building up an entire batch or batches of startups. So you have to show to your investors that you have: + A studio leadership team with the power to build an entire portfolio of ventures; + The right financial-organizational structure that matches the goals; + A coherent vision and venture building thesis; + Viability of your approach supported by benchmarks; + Strong portfolio of startups and ideas in your pipeline. This presentation will help you understand the basics of how to build up your fundraising approach. If you need more help, reach out and I will guide you in: + Structuring your venture builder and fundraising strategy; + Assess your current material and identify gaps and risks; + Preparing for a successful investor meeting; Attila Szigeti https://www.attilaszigeti.com/

This document provides guidance on raising seed capital from venture capital firms and other investors. It discusses the basics of venture capital and seed stage funding. Key points include: - Seed funding ranges from $50k-$1.5M and is used to build an initial product and validate the business idea. It discusses various sources of seed capital including angels, accelerators, seed funds, and some VCs. - Preparing for a fundraise involves launching a minimum viable product to prove traction, finding experienced advisors, crafting an investor pitch deck, and networking within the startup community. - When pitching investors, the goals are to excite them about the opportunity and make them fear missing out. The pitch should

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Startany.com. Remote Acceleration Program. --------------------------------------------------------------- The Founder’s Guide to Early-Stage Valuation Presented by Stephen R. Poland, co-founder 1x1 Media. For many early-stage entrepreneurs assigning a valuation to your startup is one of the more intimidating tasks encountered during the fundraising quest. Based on the popular Founders’ Pocket Guide: Startup Valuation, this webinar provides a quick reference to all of the key topics around early-stage startup valuation and provides step-by- step examples for several valuation methods. This webinar helps startup founders learn: What a startup valuation is and when you need to start worrying about it. Key terms and definitions associated with valuation, such as pre-money, post-money, and dilution. How investors view the valuation task and what their expectations are for early-stage companies. How the valuation fits with your target raise amount and resulting founder equity ownership. How to do the simple math for calculating valuation percentages. How to estimate your company valuation using several accepted methods. Stephen R. Poland Stephen R. Poland has worked with hundreds of startups and entrepreneurs, mentoring them on startup mechanics, funding plans, pitch decks, financial models, and due diligence documentation for the angel funding process. Steve brings more than 20 years' experience in startups and entrepreneurship to his career. Leveraging leadership roles with the Walt Disney Company, MacMillan Publishing, and Bertelsmann, Steve co-founded startups in the digital music and on-demand media manufacturing sectors, as well an early days anti-virus product. Along with being co-founder of 1x1 Media, Steve works as a venture growth advisor in Western North Carolina.

- The document summarizes Notation's annual meeting, reviewing their 2019 performance and 2020 strategy. It provides updates on their two funds, key investments, and team. - Notation Fund I is mostly invested with several potential high-value companies. Fund II also shows promising signs despite being earlier-stage. - Notation will focus on technical founding teams in NYC and other areas like proptech, healthcare, and education. They may increase check sizes due to rising valuations. - Goals for 2020 include improving deal flow strategies and scaling their network to find more pre-seed opportunities. Pro-rata remains a challenge that may require more incubation.

Weekend Fund is a two-person team: Ryan Hoover (founder of Product Hunt) and Vedika Jain writing $100k-300k checks into early-stage startups around the world across consumer and B2B. After raising an initial $3M angel fund in 2017, then a $10M early-stage fund in 2019, Weekend Fund used this pitch deck to raise a $21M Fund "3.0" in 2022. Weekend Fund is backed by notable LPs like Naval Ravikant, Troy Carter, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Suzy Ryoo, Miyuki Matsumoto, Kevin Rose, Chris & Crystal Sacca. They have funded startups like Intercom, Faze Clan, Deel, VoiceFlow & more.