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Re:Ask HN: How do startups decide which VC firms to approach first? on Thursday February 03, 2022 @05:10PM (#30199723)

Thanks ig1. I was initially looking into crunchbase but upon further research, it seemed like Pitchbook was a lot more accurate. Do you have an opinion on Crunchbase? Is it that bad, or just not as good as pitchbook but worth it still?

Re:Ask HN: How do startups decide which VC firms to approach first? on Thursday February 03, 2022 @07:03AM (#30191391)

That's a great idea. Practicing our pitch will be important - our instint is to go to only those that are promising but perhaps we should run through before being face to face with our #1 choice.

Re:Ask HN: How do startups decide which VC firms to approach first? on Thursday February 03, 2022 @07:00AM (#30191371)

One thing I forgot to mention - and this could be completely wrong thinking, but we're tring not to scorch the earth and hit up every VC possible. Our "great idea" - we are sensitive to getting to market as quickly as possible and are somewhat concerned a VC may take the idea and try and implement with an existing portfolio company. Perahps a paranoid concern and it may be unrealistic to expect to keep things secret while attracting a great investor - any thoughts on that would be appreciated as well.

Re:Ask HN: How do startups decide which VC firms to approach first? on Thursday February 03, 2022 @06:56AM (#30191341)

Great point. Hadn't thought of the accelerators like that - we're fortunate to have our first employees willing to work without needing much cash and we can self-fund for awhile, so we didn't think accelerators were necessary.

Ask HN: How do startups decide which VC firms to approach first?

Posted by Wangta on Thursday February 03, 2022 @12:04AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I founded a fintech company late last year and have been focused on developing the MVP and signing up alpha testers, key employees, advisors and potentially an independent board member. All is progressing, however, I anticipate reaching out for external capital in march/april - and I'm at a loss at how to structure my search for which VCs to approach first. Or in otherwords, how do other...

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Startup Boards by Brad Feld – Has much changed since 2014?

Posted by Wangta on Thursday December 30, 2021 @07:55AM
from the self-post dept.

Reading Brad Feld's "Startup Boards", which I am guessing most have read on HN. Noticed it was written or last updated in 2014. That's getting a bit long in the tooth. I assume much of the content is still applicable, but wondering if some takeaways have changed?

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Re:US says it will send troops to eastern Europe if Russia invades Ukr... on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @07:18PM (#29492356)

realize a potential war is bigger than business, but anyone else using designers in Ukraine? The ones I've been working with don't seem that concerned but I'LL be concerned if I suddenly stop hearing from them.