Sanjay runs Startup Riot where, once a year, 50 companies pitch their deck in a single day. He has seen the whole range of pitches - good to bad. He shared this 8 minute interview with The Startup Foundry Some quick highlights: Don’t skip the “why” of your … [Read more...]
Great interview: “I pitched 200 VCs in 10 months before I closed the roundâ€
April 5, 2011 Filed Under: Raising Capital
Paul Honz at the Startup Foundry interviews Sanjay Parekh on his experience and lessons learned raising capital.. In this interview, Sanjay talks about how he pitched 200 Venture Capitalists in 10 months to secure funding for his startup. This 7 minute video is chalked full of great advice for … [Read more...]
Venture funding hits two-year high in 2010
January 19, 2011 Filed Under: Raising Capital
Private company research firm CB Insights today released a report that shows venture investment remains strong with $6.5 billion in funding taking place in the fourth quarter of 2010, a gain of roughly 12 percent over the third quarter of 2010. Overall, 2010 saw $23.7 billion of funding into … [Read more...]
Graphic: Where Have Venture Capitalists Made Their Bets? via @Forbes
December 27, 2010 Filed Under: Raising Capital
"In 2010, venture capitalists have put more money into information technology than any other sector, followed distantly by healthcare." via Graphic: Where Have Venture Capitalists Made Their Bets? - Forbes.com. … [Read more...]
The Money Trail: This Year’s Most Active Venture Firms – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ
November 2, 2010 Filed Under: How I Work, Raising Capital
via blogs.wsj.com See the full report at: http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/11/01/the-money-trail-this-years-mos... … [Read more...]
LearnVest Founder: Here’s How To Get $4 Million In Funding In 4 Weeks
September 8, 2010 Filed Under: Raising Capital
via businessinsider.com Since its recent launch, LearnVest has received over $5.5 million in total funding with Accel Partners leading the way in the most recent round. Founder & CEO Alexa von Tobel explains how she came up with LearnVest and why Accel Partners … [Read more...]
Foursquare’s Got $20 Million Great Reasons to Grow
July 3, 2010 Filed Under: How I Work, Raising Capital
TechCrunch: Foursquare Closes $20 Million Series B From Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square, And O’Reilly The $20 million of second-round financing secured by the mobile networking service Foursquare will go toward staffing up on engineers, getting offices that can accommodate expanding … [Read more...]
Where’s the Money? Top VC Firms in the US
October 23, 2009 Filed Under: How I Work, Raising Capital
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