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Technica's #WordOfTheWeek: COD (no, not the fish 👀 ) In a capital-tight market, investors want to see proven traction and clear milestones before backing a company. COD can be one of those milestones. When investors see credible, concrete steps like reaching COD, they gain confidence in a company’s path to growth and resilience.  This is why visibility and trust are key for cleantech startups looking to stand out. A recent example: Fortera’s strategic media push around its commercial plant launch generated huge traction, building momentum for its Series C close. 💰 #CleantechInvestments #Fundraising #COD #InvestorTips #CleantechGlossary

🔊New blog alert 📚 📑! Like many investors, we receive a lot of pitch decks from startups looking to raise funding 📈 . Since January 2023, the Catalyst Fund has received and reviewed over 3,000 pitch decks 🤯. To help us screen decks as part of an effort to landscape climate tech innovations in Africa, we decided to take GenAI for a spin! Although GenAI promises to save time and effort in the long run, using it to screen decks is yet to be straightforward or autonomous. Here's why: https://lnkd.in/dWt3GR9g #StartupFunding #GenAI #ClimateTech

How nice would it be to rely on #GenAI to sieve through business proposals to inform decisions on #technicalassistance and #investment? Whilst the potential might be there, experience is urging for caution. Useful to systematically collate information and extract broad attributes, and somewhat less so when it comes to gauging the potential return, impact and commercial. So glad to be partnering with trailblazing Catalyst Fund. UNIDO #innovativefinance

Calling all clean energy word-nerds - here's our Word of the Week! Check out our comprehensive glossary of energy transition terms, acronyms, and initialisms!

🚨 Startup Funding Alert 🚀 Congratulations to Predikt, one of our 2023 startups, for closing a €750,000 pre-seed round! 📈 This investment marks a huge step as they expand their team, enhance their platform, and form new partnerships to bring their "Confidence Intelligence" to financial forecasting. Predikt was founded by Nick Vandesype, Samuel Kolb and Vincent Vercruyssen to empower CFOs with data-driven insights for confident decision-making in today’s challenging market landscape. 🚀 Excited to see what’s next! #startupgrowth #fintech

Unlocking Capital Through Community Funding: Conversation with Birchal at Intersekt 2024 At Intersekt 2024, our CEO Jacob Parker sat down with Matt Vitale, CEO of Birchal. In this conversation, Matt discusses how Birchal's community funding platform is empowering startups and SMEs by unlocking new capital through Australia's CSF regime. He shares insights on the growing availability of capital for startups and SMEs as the community funding market continues to expand, and how Birchal helps companies tell their story, build a community, and gain access to capital. + plus more in the full video below. #CommunityFunding #CSF #FintechBuilderSeries #Fintech

💼Company: Knostic 💰Funding: $3.3 Million ⚡Round: Pre-Seed Funding 👥Investors: Lookout, Rain Capital, SCYTHE, Resourcely, Forward Networks, Shield Capital, Pitango First, DNX Ventures, and Seedcamp Knostic, a provider of need-to-know access controls for generative AI with locations in Reston, VA, and Tel Aviv, Israel. Raised pre-Seed funding of $3.3 million. In addition to angel #investors Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout), David Cross (Rain Capital), Bryson Bort (SCYTHE), Travis McPeak (Resourcely), Matthew Honea (Forward Networks), and others, backers included Shield Capital, Pitango First, DNX Ventures, and Seedcamp. Read more - https://lnkd.in/dHSx79iV To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.org #Investors #Ventures #FundingNews #GenerativeAI #ArtificialIntelligence

Seed funding Seed Funding is the initial investment a startup gets to develop its idea and take its first steps, like building a prototype or testing the market. It's like planting a seed to help your business grow. Seed funding, typically ranges from ₹5 lakhs to ₹5 crores, and is crucial for developing a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), testing the market, and building a founding team. #seedfunding #fundingstages HETAL SONPAL

🚌 Join us on the journey to success with AdValorem Syndicate! Invest in potential unicorn startups and become a part of something extraordinary. Comment below if you're ready to ride the bus to financial prosperity! 🌟 #AdValoremSyndicate #InvestInSuccess

Are you an early-growth startup founder in search of capital? Consider VisionTech Angels. We host monthly screening committee meetings to meet with and select startups to pitch to our investment group. Our next screening committee meeting is Wednesday, May 1. To learn more, go here> https://lnkd.in/e7CgXH9i VisionTech Partners | VisionTech Angels TechPoint Elevate Ventures Indiana Economic Development Corporation #IndianaAngelInvesting #MidwestAngelInvesting