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Raising Capital

What is the most effective way to raise capital to meet your long term strategic objectives?

Pitching to VCs​

What are investors looking for?

Everyone wants to play a part in a great story. What VCs really want from a pitch:

  1. Trust
  2. Vision
  3. Integrity
  4. Commitment
  5. Humility
  6. Hunger
  7. RoI

Pitch Deck Advice

Criteria​

Top criteria for seed/early stage investments:

  • Technical founders
  • They ship faster
  • Don't rely on hiring devs or worse outsourcing IT
  • Burn less $ to get to MVP

Questions​

What can be learned from following venture capital firms strategy and investment thesis?

  • What are they investing in?
  • Why are they investing there?
  • What do they expect in return?

Deal Flow

  1. Where is the capital flowing from and to?
  2. Which type of projects, how much?
  3. What specific characteristics?

Grants​

Funding open source software projects.