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First deck review happening this Friday so get your application in now! It will only take 2 minutes and could provide game-changing advice to help you finally lift your business off the ground 🚀

Join on Wednesday to find out when and how you should be preparing for your Series A, from a KPI and financial perspective - the most important round to get right in the fundraising lifecycle 🚀

S1 - EP29 - Borderless Kerty Levy 🎙️ https://lnkd.in/eSd4juqk Kerty is an advisor, investor, and friend who helps entrepreneurs succeed. Kerty and Ben collaborated through Techstars, so we grab the morning oars to dance with how smooth is fast. We then glide through the wild experience of accelerators, building a team, ecosystem exploration, founder-market fit, OKRs, KPIs, financial modeling, the #GiveFirst mindset, raising venture capital, perfecting a pitch, and the special bond that is Techstars for life.

[Published in January 2024] 🤝 Ever wondered about the secret alliances among VCs? Dive into our visualization to uncover the hidden networks of collaboration and avoidance among Southeast Asia's top investors. 🔍 Our chart unveils which VCs frequently join forces in investments, signaling deeper relationships, and which ones tend to steer clear of each other. 📊 Startup founders, take note. Understanding these VC alliances can be a game-changer for fundraising. Discover who moves together as a pack and leverage this insight for your next funding round. 💡 Explore the top 20 VCs and their co-investment patterns in the table below. Get insights into who they've teamed up with the most and how many times they've collaborated.

+++ Deadline Extended: Apply for European Pitch Contest +++ Due to popular demand, we’ve extended the deadline for applications until 14th of July – to give even more startups the chance to participate. Don’t miss your chance to pitch in front of 5,000 attendees, including Europe’s biggest VCs. Attending doesn’t only give you the possibility to showcase your business, but also: 📣 Pitch on the Main Stage (Yes, the same that Barack Obama and Richard Branson spoke at.). 💪 Get pitch training by proven experts. 🚀 Connect with 1,500 of Europe’s best VC & business angels like HV Capital, UVC Partners, 10x Founders, Cherry Ventures, Index Ventures and many more. 🤝 Join 15,000+ Founder-Investor Meetings. 🎟️ Get a free ticket for Bits & Pretzels 2024. Let’s go and join the footsteps of María Teresa Pérez Zaballos from EndoGene.Bio or Max Gulde from constellr who experienced a massive growth journey after winning the startup pitch. 🔗 Application link in the comments.

A startup's earliest investors are more than funding sources; they are mentors, champions and sounding boards. But how can you tell if an investor will be there for you when you need them? And what traits should you be seeking to have on your cap table? Join this webinar to find out: https://lnkd.in/g2ciDXeU

Over the course of a company’s life cycle, you’ll encounter different investors with different objectives, needs and interests. From the very early stages of a startup all the way to more established companies, your investor base will evolve—you’ll ... https://ow.ly/Vt3p30sCvCn

[Published in February 2024] 🤝 Ever wonder which VCs team up behind the scenes? 🌐 🔍 We've visualized the intricate web of relationships among Southeast Asia's VCs based on co-investment data from the past two years. 💡 Startup founders, this insight could be invaluable for your fundraising journey. 📊 Check out the top 20 VCs and their co-investor connections 💼

Hey startups - want to learn more about 757 Angels? They are taking applications for their upcoming investment cycle now and have an info session coming up with Paul Nolde and Charles Corprew, Ph.D. Check it out.

Thought that investor would be the one, only to be left heartbroken? 💔 We've all been there once. But it doesn't have to be this way, not on my watch 👁👇 Think with us for a sec: investors evaluate hundreds of startups to pick one. So why not act like them? Have VCs chase you instead of chasing them, Jaime 💅 I know this sounds crazy but it can really happen if… You build calendar density 🗓️ — the concept of booking meetings efficiently that Jason Yeh is always talking about and that we include in our Latitud Fundraising Playbook because it 🪄just 🪄works🪄 Now you have the what. Here's the how: