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Finding your next startup investors is all about trusting you as a person and if they believe that you can make the business promise happen. To be introduced by investors of your current cap table to your next investors can make a world of difference. Nurture those relationships, see if they have the network, and ask them to support you raising your next round. This was also mentioned during the 745-Person Investor Summit "Instant Trust Booster: During the event, it came up that for some investors who referred you over to them, it may matter more than what you are raising capital for. In other words the trust implied through a trusted introduction means more than what you write in your pitch deck". [by Richard Wilson] #startups #investment #investors #745 #trust #capital #raise #captable

Founders, if you want to raise funds, you need to be able to pass the investor due diligence process. The process: Checking to see what other VCs invested first. #startup #founders  #venturecapital

It’s today! ✨ This evening, we will be discussing African exits, liquidity & equity ownership with Henry Ward, the CEO of Carta, a global player in equity management valued at $7.4 billion! Henry Ward will be joined by our CEO, Marvin H. Coleby 🔥 & Caleb Maru to give us rich insights into redefining liquidity in the African startup ecosystem. They will be exploring lessons from Carta, the American stock market and other global markets, highlighting the importance of equity ownership for long-term capital market vitality. Come get the answers to all your equity-related questions! 👉 https://lu.ma/wa1kj6ma #Carta #Raise #EquityManagement #CapTables #RaiseAfrica #EquityOwnership #Exits #Liquidity #AfricanMarkets #AfricanOwnership #CapitalMarkets #Fundraising #AfricanInvestments #AfricanFounders #AfricanStartups #Startups #AfricanExits #TechSafari #CalebMaru

What insights would you give to founders navigating the fundraising landscape? Catch up with our latest UK VC Temperature Check webinar to find out Rob Moffat, Susan Lin and Suzanne Ashman Blair's answers to that question. Juliet Rogan led this panel of experts covering a range of topics, perfect for founders from pre seed to late stage ventures seeking to understand more about navigating the fundraising landscape. Swipe through for the highlights on the themes covered and find the full webinar here: https://grp.hsbc/6048s2QTe #Innovation #VentureCapital #Investment #Startups #Founders

📣 Another week of stand out capital raises across Aussie & Kiwi VC 📣 #Australia 🇦🇺: Mutinex | Modelling & analytics for marketing mix optimisation | $17.5m AUD deal valuing them at $132.5m | led by Marbruck Investments, supported by EVP and Archangel Ventures | by Matt Farrugia and Henry Innis #NewZealand 🇳🇿: Emerge | Digital-first business current account | $12m NZD Series A | backed by Altered Capital, Icehouse Ventures, K1W1 LIMITED, NZ Fintech Fund, Hard Yaka Ventures, NZVC, AIM - Angel Investors Marlborough and Enterprise Angels | founded by Jamie Jermain and Jovan P. What are your favourite companies that have raised this week? Sources: Startup Daily | New Zealand Herald

Tune into HSBC Innovation Banking's UK VC Temperature Check to hear Rob Moffat's thoughts on the key trends and what founders should be mindful of when fundraising: "What we like to see at late stages is what you've done and why it's impressive. Spend less time on what you did before the company and spend a lot less time on the vision and market size. You've built a real business at that point. So talk about that business."

When I am meeting repeat and serial founders I asked them about the startups they failed to scale or failed to raise money for. The reality is that most founders shy away and start sugar coating their experience. If that happens I open up and tell them about my failed startups, and then they open up. I have heard a trend in the European VC ecosystem that VCs would look only to invest in repeat exited founders. That limits quite significantly the pool of founder you could invest. It also makes the ecosystem a place where people would not take a risk to fail. What Hadley Harris describes as the uniqueness of the US ecosystem is the ingredient to build resilience. If there is something we need to do in Europe is fund founders who have bruises, and scars from failed startups and provide them capital, community and support to grow from their mistakes and teach us. #VentureCapital #Funding #Failure #Investment #Founders

New figures from Dealroom.co-co show that investors across Europe are starting the year with $31 billion in capital that has yet to be committed 💸 Our founder, Gregory Dewerpe, spoke to Trevor Clawson about what has led to the build up of dry powder in Europe, and whether 2025 will be the year that investor caution subsides and we see more of this capital being deployed 🤔 Read his comments in Forbes [link in the comment] #VentureCapital #Investment #Startups #Investors #ForbesNews

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Few people in Australia have the purview that Cheryl Mack does for #angelinvesting deals, movements, trends, and state of pulse - if you want to be in the know, then this is a must attend 👇 #startups #venturecapital