Fundraising

Set the vision, hire the team, and fundraise. — Last night I had dinner with an investor who asked an interesting question — what do founders of hyper-growth companies spend their deep work hours on? In general, founders-CEOs do three things: set the vision, hire the team, and fundraising. But unlike corporate CEOs, the founder needs not only to…

Here are 2 different approaches to understanding the role and priorities of VC firms. — Many VC managers think their customers are their investors, called LPs (limited partners). But other VCs think that the entrepreneur is the customer and the LP is the shareholder. Who is right or wrong? LPs as customers VC firms that see their LPs as customers view their primary responsibility as maximizing returns for…

We are thrilled to announce that Zeliq has raised a pre-seed funding round of €5 million (one of the largest in Europe) before the launching project. I’m lucky to have the experience and fundraising network that help me succeed in this first roundtable. Raising funds can take a long time…

According to CoinCarp Fundraising, Last week (May 29, 2023–Jun 04, 2023) 17 projects announced fundraising rounds. Web3 Illuvium($10.00M) | Illuvium is a video game developer and publisher of AAA play-to-earn crypto-games — with participation from Bitscale Capital, Framework Ventures, LD Capital, Lotus Capital Hogwarts Labs($8.00M) | Hogwarts Labs accelerates mass adoption…

Investor rejections are more thoughtful than most entrepreneurs realize. — Back when I was fundraising for my startups, I noticed a pattern in the way venture capitalists ended meetings. If they weren’t interested in investing, they’d always end meetings by saying something along the lines of, “I’d love to follow your progress. Keep in touch!” The first time I heard…

This is as much a reference list for myself as it is a hopeful expression of desired traits in the pitch decks of others. Especially lately, I have been receiving quite a number of prospectuses, pitch decks and other types of proposals. …

BizTalk with Massimiliano Sulpizi is an excellent platform for exchanging business ideas and practices. This website, among other things, allows a startup owner in need of startup funding to schedule a video interview with the inventor of EquityMatch.co. Vlad Zhovtenko began Digital Marketing in 2000 and is now a co-founder…

An Artist’s Malady — Brain Surgery Purple is the color for this campaign theme because it’s also the color of www.purpleday.org and Epilepsy awareness. A lot of artists have had Epilepsy of one type or another. They say Van Gogh, Lewis Carroll, Georgia O’Keefe and Michelangelo had it too. It’s…

Hello! I am here to gather funds for the Bitcoin network and the promotion of the Cryptocurrency ecosystem. As a means of sending payments, Bitcoin is very successful at what it does. What it lacks though is the interest from many third parties when it comes to the owning and…