Startup Pitch Deck Review 🔥 18 Sept 2023 

Agreed!

You bet!

That's fantastic, great to hear! It is incredibly difficult to edit your own story. Almost everyone needs outside help on that.

That's a great idea! Do you think a recorded pitch would work or would you want to see them on the stream live?

Actually, recorded would be better@@FeeltheBoot

The VC are usually talking about that pattern when they invest in an A round. Let's assume another triple from seed to A. They are also looking at this in terms of valuation rather than revenue.

Ah ok I understand, Thank you!@@FeeltheBoot

I am a bit confused by your comment. I am an Angel AND an Equity investor. Almost all angel investments are either for equity or a convertible instrument that will become equity. The term late-stage usually refers to companies raising their C round or later, at which point they have millions of dollars in revenue and complete product-market fit. On the flip side, friends and family invest in startups before there is any strong evidence of traction. Angels typically invest in the pre-seed, seed, or A rounds. All of which come with some expectation of traction. That might not include revenue, but there needs to be some strong evidence that customers want what the founder is creating. What is your experience with angel investing?

I will have to respectfully disagree with you on this. Angel groups are called Angel groups and are considered to make Angel investments. You can get a sense of that space at the AngelCapitalAssociation.org Many Angel groups have investment funds. My group does not. We enable founders to present to our members, who then make their own individual decisions and investments. "Startup" is a somewhat vague term. Typically a company is called a startup for the first few years, often through multiple VC rounds of investment and well after they have achieved Product/Market fit. I typically invest in pre-seed rounds. That is typically the first investment from anyone other than friends and family. The definition of an Angel Investor has more to do with the source of capital than the stage of the investment (as long as the company has not gone public yet). Angels invest their own money. VCs invest other people's money. Whatever you want to call them, almost all investors want to see significant evidence of traction before investing. Depending on the type of business, that might include revenues, but could be customer interviews, surveys, pre-orders, waiting lists, and the like. Startups creating a new drug won't make money for many years, while most SaaS startups can start making sales very quickly.