Time to Raise

Here they are, Cohort 6 of Time To Raise by TECHARENA! 🚀 This cohort includes startups in climate tech, deep tech, premium furniture, and music, all well-positioned to transform their industries. It's been a pleasure to spend 2 days in Stockholm togehter this week to kick-off the program. The participants will undergo an eight-week program where they will receive focused mentorship, resources, and access to a broad network of global investors. Meet the selected startups and read more about them in the link in comments. Frameright Legitify KEEPR Corite KiddoKitchen Aila Orb ehf. Plantvation AB Jordkraft Scape AUR+A

LAST CHANCE TO APPLY TO TIME TO RAISE, COHORT 6. Are you looking for pre-seed to series A investment from VC funds? Then apply to Time to Raise! A fully remote, 1-2h/week accelerator focusing solely on fundraising. Meet funds like NEA, Sequoia Scout, Northzone, Ventech, Kinnevik and more, and receive mentoring from the Partners of the funds. To be eligible, you must have at least one female co-founder or CEO, and be incorporated in one of the Nordic countries. APPLY AND SHARE! https://lnkd.in/d5HBVR7a #lastchance #accelerator #fundraising #VC

Announcing the second batch of mentors for the fall cohort, tagged NEW in the pictures. We are very excited to work with such dedicated and high-level profiles, making the program extreamly valuable. Looking forward to your insights ✨ Thank you for your support Nadja Carina Reischel at Cherry Ventures Joel Uddén at Ventech Tatiana Shalalvand and Anna Adlarson at Kinnevik Siam Choudhury Dr. Nadine Geiser at World Fund Bob Thomas at Oxx Arthur Savander at Fåntell Alongside the mentors Emma Hernmarck, Pierre-Eric Leibovici, Luke Pappas, Amanda Hultman, Patrik Sandin, Stanislas Lot, Paul Bazin, Pierre-Yves Meerschman, Lin Gong-Deutschmann, Shabir Vasram, Sami Ahvenniemi and Maxine Rior #mentorship #investors #accelerator

Here they are, our Venture Partners for the upcoming fall cohort of Time to Raise 👏 We are backed by venture capital firms with a global approach and with the capacity to support the companies in several funding rounds along the journey. They will all do a workshop in the program and deep-dive into a topic related to fundraising. We are looking forward to work closely with our partners and introduce them to great entrepreneurs! Thank you New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Ventech, Sequoia Capital, Northzone, daphni, Vendep Capital, Pale blue dot, Atomico, World Fund, Cherry Ventures, Kinnevik and Oxx #fundraising #venturecapital

Announcement: Here is the first batch of mentors for the fall cohort! More to come... Last day to apply to the program is 18th of September. What a line-up! Thank you for supporting the program. Lucky founders that get to meet you ⭐ Emma Hernmarck Pierre-Eric Leibovici, daphni Paul Bazin, daphni Maxine Rior, Northzone Luke Pappas, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) Amanda Hultman, Atomico Patrik Sandin Stanislas Lot, daphni Pierre-Yves Meerschman, daphni Lin Gong-Deutschmann Shabir Vasram, daphni Sami Ahvenniemi, Vendep Capital Techarenan #mentorship #accelerator #entrepreneurship #investors

NEWS: Techarenan Acquires Time to Raise Accelerator Program to Elevate Female-Led Tech Startups 🤩 With the acquisition, Techarenan will expand the Time to Raise program’s reach, increase its resources, and strengthen the accelerator’s ability to drive funding but also leverage Techarena’s international platform to showcase the incredible talent and potential within the female-led tech startup community. “We are very excited to welcome Time to Raise to The Techarena family.”, said Omid Ekhlasi, CEO of Techarena. “We are passionate about enabling growth and creating new opportunities, and Time to Raise aligns perfectly with our vision. By combining our strengths, we will amplify our efforts to support and elevate female entrepreneurs, ultimately contributing to a more inclusive and dynamic tech ecosystem.” Read the full article and apply to the new cohort through the links in comments.

Congratulations to our portfolio company Meela for raising yet another round 👏👏

Cohort 5 of Time to Raise accelerator program has come to an end. Yesterday, we held our final investor networking event, co-hosting it together with Industrifonden at their generous roof top! The evening included pitches from the startups in the cohort, as well as mingle with food and drinks. Thanks to all investors for coming! Thank you Industrifonden, a special thanks to Clara Norgren for organising everything - it was truly perfect! 💜 Great pitches from all the companies: Vividye with Johanna Nissén Karlsson, Cyberjuice with Bodil Biering, PhD, Ellure AB with Selah Rui Li, THE UPCYCL with Rikke Ullersted, Rebaba with Paula Runsten and Perspetivo with Suzan Hourieh Lindberg 👏 We would also like to thank Cirio Law Firm and Emma Dansbo for having us over for lunch while discussing Do's and Don'ts in a Shareholder's Agreement, Term Sheet, and Investment Agreement from a founders perspective. We got answers to all of our questions so thank you for your generosity! PLEASE SHARE: ➡ If you are a Nordic startup that would like to participate in the next cohort this coming fall, please leave your email address in our form on the website. ➡ If you are a VC, angel investor or serial entrepreneur who would like to participate with your knowledge and network, feel free to reach out to Mikaela Larsell Ayesa #accelerator #event #networking

Yesterday, cohort 5 met in Stockholm for on-site workshops. A day that started perfectly with breakfast at Almi Stockholm and pitch coaching with the best of the best Malcolm Larri. He taught us pitching techniques that we can use for a 90 sec, a 3 min, and even an hour long pitch - any kind of pitch! It was also very useful to practice our own pitches with him, a big thank you Malcolm! 🙏 We later had a fancy lunch at Nordea followed by a pitching session for some of their private banking customers working as business angels. Thanks for sharing your network with us! Finally, after some coffee with the angels, we had a workshop with the great Pernilla Frisk on Family Law, Board of Directors vs Advisory Boards, and company group structures. Thanks to Mikael Ramnö from Almi and Björn Norman from Nordea for making the day possible, as well as Malcolm Larri and Pernilla Frisk for sharing your knowledge! 👏 #pitching Patrik Hamilton Athena Nikou

The final week of online workshops in the Time to Raise program is done! And we ended the workshops on top!🔥 This week, we had the privilege to be joined by serial entrepreneur, chair and angel investor Emma Rees as well as Susan Lin, partner at Felix Capital. Emma talked about the science behind pitching and how to use question-science when responsing to investors' questions when fundraising. It was an interactive workshop where we got to practice how to answer prevention v.s. promotion questions with promotion answers. 💡 Key takeaways: - Start your pitch with storytelling. Three entry points are: Founder Origin Story, Data Hook - Big Number, Client Problem. - Humanise your audience. - Don't talk about your passion. Show it! Pitching is a full-body experience. - Make sure the person you bring to a meeting gives you positive energy and confidence, and not the other way around. - ✅ Examples of promotion words: aspiration, advancement, attain, desire, earn, expand, grow, gain. - ❎ Examples of prevention words: avoid, careful, defend, conservative, loss, prevent, protect, risk, safety Susan talked about the business model of VCs, metrics to track, show and understand in different stages of your fundraising and for different types of business models. She also shared some stories and examples of well-known brands and how they initially presented their metrics. This too was a very interactive session with a lot of questions from the startup founders. 💡 Key insights: - How the type of LPs a fund have onboard can guide their decision making. - What early-stage VCs typically look for: Great founders/team that can attract money and great team, Large market opportunity, Differentiation/unique value proposition, Product market fit & scalability (for seed+). - How to think about and calculate your TAM. - What metrics your are expected to show for a series A round. - What kind of investors to talk to depending on your business model and industry. Thank you Emma and Susan for your valuable insights and for good discussions! Next week, cohort 5 meet in Stockholm for on-site workshops and final event 🎉 #workshop #fundraising #entrepreneurship