How Pre-Seed VCs Think About Startups with Sramana Mitra
How Pre-Seed VCs Think About Startups with Sramana Mitra, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 5, with 34 lectures, based on 92 reviews, and has 338 subscribers.
You will learn about Through interviews with real-world investors you will come to understand investor-entrepreneur fit. How you can think from an investor's point of view when pitching your startup. What you can do to increase your chances of getting funded. Where you can seek further mentorship regarding startup funding. This course is ideal for individuals who are Technology entrepreneurs who want to think like investors and increase their chances of getting funded. or Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, or 500 Startups. or Developing world entrepreneurs who want to increase their chances of getting investment. or Professors worldwide teaching technology entrepreneurship courses. It is particularly useful for Technology entrepreneurs who want to think like investors and increase their chances of getting funded. or Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, or 500 Startups. or Developing world entrepreneurs who want to increase their chances of getting investment. or Professors worldwide teaching technology entrepreneurship courses.
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Summary
Title: How Pre-Seed VCs Think About Startups with Sramana Mitra
Price: $59.99
Average Rating: 5
Number of Lectures: 34
Number of Published Lectures: 33
Number of Curriculum Items: 34
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 33
Original Price: $74.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will Learn
- Through interviews with real-world investors you will come to understand investor-entrepreneur fit.
- How you can think from an investor's point of view when pitching your startup.
- What you can do to increase your chances of getting funded.
- Where you can seek further mentorship regarding startup funding.
Who Should Attend
- Technology entrepreneurs who want to think like investors and increase their chances of getting funded.
- Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, or 500 Startups.
- Developing world entrepreneurs who want to increase their chances of getting investment.
- Professors worldwide teaching technology entrepreneurship courses.
Target Audiences
- Technology entrepreneurs who want to think like investors and increase their chances of getting funded.
- Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, or 500 Startups.
- Developing world entrepreneurs who want to increase their chances of getting investment.
- Professors worldwide teaching technology entrepreneurship courses.
The 1Mby1M Methodology is based on case studies. In this course, Sramana Mitra shares the tribal knowledge of tech entrepreneurs by giving students the rare seat at the table with the entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders who provide the most instructive perspectives on how to build a thriving business. Through these conversations, students gain access to case studies exploring the alleys of entrepreneurship. Sramana’s synthesis of key learnings and incisive analysis add great depth to each discussion.
This course is primarily for entrepreneurs who want to learn how to think like an investor and increase their chances of getting funding for their startup.
For example, want to apply to Y Combinator? Listen carefully to Sramana’s conversation with Geoff Ralston, President of Y Combinator. He spells out very clearly what they are looking for in a startup application and why 98% of Y Combinator applications are rejected and how startups can increase their chances of getting in.
The early stage investment ecosystem has fragmented, it’s no longer just seed and Series A. The seed part has fragmented to friends and family financing, pre-seed, seed, post-seed, small Series A, and large Series A.
In this course, we will do a deep dive into the pre-seed stage.
What is the difference between pre-seed, post-seed and pre-Series A? This is not so simple anymore to understand. For entrepreneurs who are seeking financing for the first time, it’s not easy to understand where they fit in.
There is a lot of competition to get into some of the deals for Series A (and Series B). If you look at the numbers, there are 50,000 to 70,000 seed stage investments a year versus 1,200 to 1,500 Series A investments. Clearly there is a lot of companies in that pool that are not getting to Series A. Only a percentage of those are really the hot companies. The hot companies, by definition, are few and far between, which is why there is such a competition. There are a lot of companies in the middle.
Then there are the stranded businesses that don’t deserve Series A. That is irrelevant, because there are a lot of companies that do get seed investments and don’t really pan out. They shouldn’t be raising more money. That is not of concern to me because it makes sense that they shouldn’t get to Series A. But still, there is a big number of startups in the middle. They’re not the hottest companies, but they are good solid companies. Many of those are falling in the Series A crunch as well.
To keep up with the evolving nuances of startup financing, this course shares how several of the investors I’ve spoken with define “pre-seed.” You will also learn what kind of validation they are looking for in a startup before getting into a deal during our in-depth conversations.
The 1Mby1M courses are all heavily based on interview-based case studies on Innovation, Business Models, Go To Market Strategies, Validation Principles, and various other nuances of an entrepreneur’s journey. We offer extensive opportunities for entrepreneurs to learn the lessons from the trenches from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and Investors who support their ambition.
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
Lecture 1: Introduction
Lecture 2: How Pre-seed Investors Think About Startups
Lecture 3: Finding Investor – Entrepreneur Fit
Lecture 4: Probability of Raising Funds
Lecture 5: Conversation with Geoff Ralston, President of Y Combinator
Lecture 6: A View into Pre-Seed Funding with Gaurav Jain of Afore Capital
Lecture 7: Global Startup Acceleration Networks are Growing with Shuly Galili, UpWest Labs
Lecture 8: Discussion on Pre-Seed Funding with Gans Subramanian, Hourglass Venture Partners
Lecture 9: Discussion on Pre-Seed Financing with Julie Lein, Urban Innovation Fund
Lecture 10: Pre-Seed Funding with Suman Talukdar, AiSprouts.VC
Lecture 11: Discussing Pre-Seed Investing with Elizabeth Yin, Hustle Fund
Lecture 12: Seed Funding for B-to-C Ventures with Vishesh Rajaram, Speciale Invest
Lecture 13: Lean Startups vs. Fat Startups with Venktesh Shukla at Monta Vista Capital
Lecture 14: Pre-seed Investing in Latin America with Laurel Touby at Supernode Ventures
Lecture 15: Pre-seed Funding Strategy for Indian Startups with Deepak Gupta, WEH Ventures
Lecture 16: Shane Neman of Neman Ventures on Solo Entrepreneurs
Lecture 17: Discussing Women Entrepreneurs in Healthcare with Pamela York, Atasi Ventures
Lecture 18: Spotlight on Retail Tech with Vincent Diallo, Interlace Ventures
Lecture 19: Spotlight on Startups in the US Midwest with Tony Olivito, Comeback Capital
Lecture 20: Deep Tech Early Stage Startups with Ritesh Agarwal, CerraCap Ventures
Lecture 21: Deep Dive into AI Investing with Evangelos Simoudis, Synapse Partners
Lecture 22: Capital Efficient Startups with David Lambert, Right Side Capital Management
Lecture 23: Pre-seed Funding for B-to-B Tech Startups with Anupam Rastogi, Emergent Ventures
Lecture 24: Telling a Startup Story Through Financial Metrics with Sandeep Sardana
Lecture 25: Pre-seed Investment Strategies with Jonathan Lewy, Investo
Lecture 26: Vertical Niche Opportunities in Tech with Clint Chao, Moment Ventures
Lecture 27: Kara Weber of Brilliant Ventures on Female Founders
Lecture 28: Nitin Pachisia, Unshackled Ventures, Discusses Pre-Seed and Seed Investing
Lecture 29: Seed and Series A Investing with Greg Sands at Costanoa Ventures
Lecture 30: Synthesis
Chapter 2: Conclusion
Lecture 1: Practice Exercise 1
Lecture 2: Practice Exercise 2
Lecture 3: Bonus Lecture
Instructors
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Sramana Mitra
Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million / 1Mby1M
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