Bellingham Angel Investors’ Post

My startup network, ahoy! Here is a webinar that may be interesting for you! 🚀 #funding #startup

Here's the big announcement! 🚀 R3 million in grant funding is up for grabs for 10 lucky (read: highly impressive) founders. As a services business, I obviously don't qualify... But a chance to win R300k doesn't come around every day, so I'm still grateful to be part of this campaign to help 10 startups in South Africa succeed. Besides the qualifying criteria (and delivering a great pitch, of course), the only string attached is to subscribe to the SMEgo from Old Mutual R299p/m Premium Plus Plan (and all winners will get a year of free access anyway). If you think you or someone you know has what it takes to win this pitch battle then please enter and share with them using the following link: https://lnkd.in/dqe_j4Ra Qualifying Criteria: - 51% Black-owned - ZAR 500,000 to ZAR50 million turnover - Minimum 6 months trading history Let's make the end of someone's 2024 one to celebrate! #SMEgoPitch2024 #SMEnabler #SMESoftware #SMEProgramme #BusinessOperations

Founders who have strong personal brand and media coverage are 25% more likely to attract capital. Was happy to share several key tips on how to start securing media coverage when you are an early stage founder

💰 Startups with female founders generate 78 cents in revenue for every dollar of funding compared to 31 cents for male-founded startups 💪 Startups with a female founder perform 63% better than those with all-male founding teams *Women founders tend to build businesses that generate more revenues, create higher job growth, dream bigger, and execute better.* DC is a great place for female founders. Female founders are great for DC. #WeBackFounders *Stats from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), MassChallenge, and First Round Capital.

Reposting for visibility + couple thoughts: - it would be great to know the source and the methodology behind this data - very surprised that SFBA is not on the map - the subtitle of the map doesn't match the title. The subtitle says it's shows the "change", while the title says that this dataviz is about "top metros". These are very different things. To illustrate, if you have a metro that had 1 new woman-owned startup in 2022 and 2 in 2023, then the growth is 100%. In another place, if you had 100 startups in 2022 and 101 in 2023, then the growth is 1%, and the second place won't make this "top" list. But the second place is still much better than the first one in terms of new startups, since it has ~50 more startups than the first one. This is likely the explanation for the absence of SFBA (and, likely, some other cities) in the list. Still, that's some interesting and encouraging data. #dataviz #startup #equity

At the recent Founders N' Funders event, I got to see our founder Eduardo Henriques give a quick 30-second pitch for Ponder.ly - a really exciting glimpse into what we're building. For those interested in seeing the full pitch and learning more about our AI-powered consumer intelligence platform, Eduardo Henriques will be presenting at the upcoming Pitch Deck Review Session on May 20th. This is a great opportunity to observe his pitch to a panel of startup experts who will provide valuable feedback. As a co-founder, I'm really passionate about the problem we're solving - enabling brands to ethically collect customer data and generate deep insights, while empowering consumers to control and benefit from sharing their information. Our approach using interactive branded data communities, gamification, and AI is truly innovative. I'd encourage anyone interested in disruptive marketing/research technologies to sign up and check out Eduardo's pitch. It will give you a window into how Ponder.ly is pioneering the future of transparent data exchange between brands and customers. Looking forward to getting more exposure and feedback as we continue growing Ponder.ly into a game-changing platform! Thanks to Jeff Erickson with Founders N' Funders because without his support and unconditional belief in startups like ours, we wouldn't have opportunities like this. Supportive ecosystems play a vital role in nurturing entrepreneurship and innovation. Registration link: https://lnkd.in/guFgMib4 Tanner S. Zyanya Bejarano David Reyes Jose Octavio Carrillo

Check out this seminar and luncheon to learn how startups can create perfectly fair equity by Mike Moyer, author of "Slicing Pie" and entrepreneur of companies including Bananagraphics, Moondog, and more. If you're a startup with partners struggling to figure out how to divide up equity, the Slicing Pie model may be the thing for you. Register by Feb. 23.

Taking founder calls can be daunting for new VCs. We've compiled 18 essential questions to ask founders during an intro call. These cover key areas like the startup, market, customer base, and fundraising. 🧠 Link in comments ⬇️

One of the most important considerations for founders raising capital is who to bring onto their cap tables. Understanding the investors you are speaking to is not just fundamental for successful fundraising, it's also absolutely critical to long term alignment and success. Join the OnePitch VC Reverse Pitch Party today at 3pm to learn more about 18 of Australia's most active early-stage investors on one call. Tag any raising, or soon-to-be-raising founders you know! Giant Leap Rampersand Macdoch Ventures Alberts Sprint Ventures Aura Ventures Five V Capital Black Nova Venture Capital Investible Carthona Capital OIF Ventures Tidal Ventures Cut Through Venture OneVentures Square Peg Black Sheep Capital Archangel Ventures

"This is like getting fundraising skills from 3 top American accelerators all at once, but only in a few weeks and without giving away equity," described our founder-participant. And you can join us this week! Our goal is to save you YEARS of your own mistakes and help you do everything right quickly and on the first try: 1. You will learn how to create an impressive presentation from Nat, who has screened over 5,000 decks in her career at 500 Startups. You will learn how to pitch like a pro from Dasha - a winner of 5 international startup competitions (one of them with a prize of $500k). 2. Learn from Nat how investors think and what motivates them to invest, based on her experience of selecting over 100 startups for the 500 startups programs. Dasha will share all the tricks and secrets on how to close deals quickly, based on her experience of raising $4 million and skills from mentors at Techstars and Berkeley SkyDeck. 3. Get the opportunity to practice your pitch in front of investors and founders from Silicon Valley. Get valuable feedback and build new relationships.