It’s a story as old as time: Startup founder raises giant sack of that sweet, sweet VC money.
If you throw enough money at advertising, anyone can get the growth chart to go up and to the right.
But the thing is, you need to find the right way to do growth, and that’s a lot harder.
In his new book, “Growth Levers and How to Find Them,” he makes a case for finding the right way to sell your product.
And that actually worked.
Here’s what to know to raise a Series A right nowThere is good news and just “OK” news.
The good news is that the venture capital market is showing signs of stabilizing.
Today, Jesse Randall, the founder of the platform Sweater Ventures, said founders should start looking to raise a Series A when they have about 12 to 15 months of cash runway left.
“Don’t wait any longer than that,” he told TechCrunch+.
“In this market, you have to prep for an A way in advance,” Feinzaig told TechCrunch+, adding that it could be fruitful to do so right after closing a seed round.
Here’s what to know to raise a Series A right nowThere is good news and just “OK” news.
The good news is that the venture capital market is showing signs of stabilizing.
Today, Jesse Randall, the founder of the platform Sweater Ventures, said founders should start looking to raise a Series A when they have about 12 to 15 months of cash runway left.
“Don’t wait any longer than that,” he told TechCrunch+.
“In this market, you have to prep for an A way in advance,” Feinzaig told TechCrunch+, adding that it could be fruitful to do so right after closing a seed round.
Here’s what to know to raise a Series A right nowThere is good news and just “OK” news.
The good news is that the venture capital market is showing signs of stabilizing.
Today, Jesse Randall, the founder of the platform Sweater Ventures, said founders should start looking to raise a Series A when they have about 12 to 15 months of cash runway left.
“Don’t wait any longer than that,” he told TechCrunch+.
“In this market, you have to prep for an A way in advance,” Feinzaig told TechCrunch+, adding that it could be fruitful to do so right after closing a seed round.
We haven’t heard much from the edtech sector ever since the pandemic forced students out of the classrooms and in front of their computers.
But, as Anna Heim writes in the intro of our most recent survey of edtech investors, “we found that with AI in the picture, edtech startups have been as quietly busy as a subterranean network of moles in fall.”Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.
Just tacking AI onto a product isn’t enough, and investors are hoping that the technology will lead to more innovation in the space.
Check out Anna’s story on the future of edtech in emerging markets as well as the opportunities that AI can bring.
“There are ways companies can better understand their customers’ pain points to develop the right products that solve the right problems at the right time.”Get the TechCrunch+ Roundup newsletter in your inbox!
Anyone mad enough to launch a new product already knows the stats surrounding product failure.
There are ways companies can better understand their customers’ pain points to develop the right products that solve the right problems at the right time.
Make sure you’re solving the right problemThere are ways companies can better understand their customers’ pain points to develop the right products that solve the right problems at the right time.
Regarding product design and development, solving the right problem might seem obvious.
You build a product or solution to solve that problem, but it doesn’t work out as planned.
This week’s Pitch Deck Teardown comes to you from the PCB-laden confines of CES in Las Vegas.
Today, we’re looking at the slide deck that video analytics firm Qortex used to raise a $10 million seed round.
To be honest, I’m a little surprised the company managed to raise money at all with this pitch deck, but the fact that it did manage to raise $10 million is a good reminder that the deck is only a part of the puzzle.
In the rest of this teardown, we’ll take a look at three things Qortex could have improved or done differently, along with its full pitch deck!
Three things that could be improvedAbove, I noted the glaring absence of several key slides that investors usually like to see in a pitch deck.
Google today issued an open letter voicing support of pending Oregon right to repair legislation.
The right to repair movement has been gaining tremendous traction over the past several years.
In October, California became the third state to pass a right to repair bill — following New York and Minnesota.
The paper cited iFixit reports, noting that some seven different parts can trigger Apple’s warning system during repair.
Companies like Google and Samsung, meanwhile, have partnered directly with third-party solutions such as iFixit, including its own home repair option for Pixel devices.
Software delivery platform Harness today announced that it has acquired the assets of Armory, a continuous deployment startup built on top of the open source Spinnaker project.
As Harness CEO and founder Jyoti Bansal told me, the acquisition price was about $7 million in cash.
Other investors include Lead Edge Capital, Insight Partners, Crosslink Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Mango Capital, Y Combinator and Javelin Venture Partners.
Harness will hire many of Armory’s employees and Harness will continue to support existing Armory implementations.
He does, of course, hope that many of Armory’s customers will migrate to the Harness platform over time, but he also stressed that he wants to help Armory’s existing customer base.
Well, now that we’re in recovery mode, there are new rules to play by when it comes to identifying, pitching and partnering with the right investor.
LPs are being more selective, and the bar for deals is higher now, writes Paul Hsu, founder and CEO of Decasonic, a venture and digital assets fund.
He shares 12 tips on how to find the right venture partner in this new environment.
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Building a viable pricing model for generative AI features could be challengingAnd finally, as generative AI features become more ubiquitous, companies are finding that monetizing these add-ons is hard.
