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“Knowing your investor persona is almost just as important as knowing your customer persona.” ‼️ Woah. Logan Meaux true, true, and so true. If you’re a founder, carefully listen to this sound bite. It’s simple and sound founder-to-founder advice.

Week 6 already 😱 Time flies and we only have 4 weeks left of the program! This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming back two (now well-known) investors to the program, Erik Lindblad from Zenith Venture Capital and Eira Tobrand from Luminar Ventures 👏 💡 Key insights: - When meeting investors, keep it crisp! Have your house in order! (Documentation, product demo, roadmaps, know your metrics). - Size your round properly: know your runway, dilution, and amount you need to raise based on your plans ahead. - Build and follow a professional fundraising process to concentrate your time on fundraising and be efficient with it. - We dug deeper into the 5 T's: Team, Tech, TAM, Traction, Trenches. - Two common showstoppers for VC's: Uninvestable cap tables and having a vision that is not aligned with the VC model. Thank you Erik and Eira, always a pleasure to have you in the program!

We did it! SaleSqueze raised $1.5 million in our Seed Round! 🚀 A huge shoutout to our lead investor Underline Ventures and our amazing supporters Robin Capital, Fortech Investments, superangels 😇 , Klub20, Xenia Muntean, Christoph Zoeller, and Bjoern W. Schaefer. Your belief in our vision means the world to us! The future of selling complex products online looks bright. ✨Stay tuned for our next steps! Read more about the investment and SaleSqueze’s plans in the article - link in the comment section. #investment #seedround #visualCPQ

Last call for registrations! One day to go for Angel Investing 101! 🔥 Moien Giashi, PhD, Principal at GreenSky Ventures, will lead the session on mastering the art of the deal, sharing insights on how he approaches high impact deals. 🚀 Don't miss out on this event, join us as we kick off the investing season! 💸 🔗 Register here: https://hubs.ly/Q02NJ9Qx0 #AngelInvesting #StartupFunding #BramptonAngels

Angels! 100+ of us are now on AngelInvestorsinIndia.com, a platform to get direct deal flow in your inbox. Why should 🦈🦈 have all the fun ? No commercials, no lock ins, no nothing! It's a community platform that attempts to build a bridge between founders and angels, so you can connect with founders directly, learn and invest if you like. Share your cheque sizes, previous investments, email to connect at and more at https://lnkd.in/g6QEC77A and get deal flow. TAG an angel you think who should be on the platform! Also super thanks to our early adopters - Sachin Bhat, Anand, Chirag Gandhi, Paras Arora, Prakhar J., Abhijeet Mukherjee, Prashant Gupta, Dheeraj Dhawan, Apurva Chamaria, Abhishek Goyal, Vedang Singhania, Yogesh Ghaturle, Saketh BSV, Sivanand Mahapatra, Arjun Vaidya, Vaibhav Jain, Anupam Sarawagi, Akhil Bansal, Rishabh Golchha, Aman M Tekriwal and many incredible folks!

Nice write-up & survey from XRC Ventures on the state of VC funding for consumer brands, specifically beauty and personal care. Key takeaways: -Generalist VC funds moving out of consumer in favour of AI; down 80% from 2021 peak -Beauty outperforms all other consumer categories in 2023; plus an uptick in M&A activity with a sales multiple of 3x-7x, however, funding is still down 50% YOY -Investors back the founder, but need to see traction and a clear differential: nothing particularly new here but the bar has been raised further to get the cheque Good contributions from Kirsty Macdonald & Joe Seager-Dupuy Link in the first comment to access the full report 👇 👇 👇

Despite what you might read in the news, successful founders come from ALL backgrounds, including from different age groups. For example, Sérgio Mascarenhas Oliveira co-founded the med tech company Brain4Care in his eighties, before passing away in his 90s. I was excited about to read about Brilliant Minds, a VC fund that supports early-stage founders over the age of 60, and is also working to shift our perception of who can be a founder. This topic is even more important given advances in healthcare and longevity. If you are in this age group, I hope you consider launching a startup knowing your next act is still to come and may be your greatest yet! https://lnkd.in/dS5nRKJC

Want to know how to build a standout company culture and build a viral product? In this week’s episode of Money Moves, Tara Viswanathan, co-founder of Rupa Health, shares her startup journey, revealing how costumes, humor, and spontaneity shaped Rupa’s brand. Tara dives into her unconventional approach to fundraising, from pre-seed to Series A, the power of personal branding in recruiting top talent, and the tough decision to sell Rupa Health. Packed with actionable insights, this episode is a must-listen for anyone navigating the startup world.

Congratulations to Bem on their $3.7M seed round! Bem’s API transforms any input, structured or unstructured, into any data shape, revolutionizing how companies handle data. Here's to supporting innovative solutions that drive efficiency and growth! #AI #DataIntegration #Startup #UncorkCapital

Kya chl rha hai Capxly me? What are you doing AVT! When we started Capxly 2 weeks ago, the goal was simple: create a vibrant community of angel investors who actively support founders and fuel innovation. Today, we’re thrilled to share that we’ve already grown to 20 committed angels - and we’re just getting started! 🚀 Last week, we hosted our first deal showcase, and the energy was incredible. The big goal? 100 angels by the New Year. Why are we doing this? Because early-stage investing isn’t just about deploying capital-it’s about creating a network of investors who want to make an impact, support founders, and be part of game-changing journeys. If you’ve ever thought about stepping into the world of angel investing-or want to connect with like-minded investors-we’d love to have you on this journey. Let’s make this movement bigger, bolder, and truly impactful. #angel #investing #capxly