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Topic: Raising Funding
When the pandemic first halted travel and in-person meetings, many speculated how the venture capital industry would respond. While deals have been historically tied to face-to-face meetings, the industry quickly ...
For any founder, whether a first-timer or a serial entrepreneur, it’s an exciting moment when you receive a term sheet from a venture capital fund for your company’s first preferred ...
SPACs, shorthand for special purpose acquisition companies, have become this year’s most popular alternative option for private companies to access the public capital markets and become publicly traded. Earlier this ...
How to Capitalize on Opportunity in Times of Crisis While the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic touched every single member of the global business community, startups felt a unique impact. ...
Any entrepreneur can tell you that the process of pitching your startup to VC firms in order to land funding can be an overwhelming and intimidating process. Product demos, pitch ...
As we approach an election where we are being asked to vote on which leader we can trust more, I am struck by how trust is a key ingredient for ...
The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series,” is a series of stories, Q&As, and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds, raised funding, and are now leading successful companies. Every entrepreneur ...
Steve built your phone. Mark connects your friends. Larry runs your searches. Reed streams your shows. Jeff sells you everything. Jack lets you complain about it (and pay for coffee). ...
The Crunchbase “Female Founder Series,” is a series of stories, Q&As, and thought-leadership pieces from glass-ceiling-smashers who overcame the odds, raised funding, and are now leading successful companies. Tara and ...
Kirsten Baumberger, Founder and Director of Partnerships at minisocial.io, helps international brands tell their stories through scalable user generated content (UGC). Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, Kristen was ...
Definition of a cold email: A cold email is an initial email that is sent to a previously unknown receiver in order to gain a benefit in terms of favor, ...
Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson, CEO of VC Include, is building the infrastructure for diversity in venture capital funding from the ground up. After seeing firsthand the difficulty of raising capital as ...
A few weeks ago Jasmin Johnson, one of only a few Black female investors, tweeted: As I read it, it resonated strongly. Storytelling is hard and, for many entrepreneurs, ...
Following the release of our recent report, A Decade in Review: Funding to the Female Founders, Crunchbase is highlighting female founders who are paving the way for the next generation of ...
While the long term effects on startups from the COVID-19 pandemic is still to be seen, recent reports predict companies seeking seed-stage funding are likely to be hit hardest. Q1 ...