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Dog-Eared: January 2022. ‍First personal note of the year: Congrats on surviving 2021!

Aleberry in 2022

A Go-To-Market Strategy Planner & Samsara Metrics Breakdown. Drugs in a Virtual World. FinTech is a hot market for Venture Capital funds, so is PropTech. Haystack & Speedinvest announce new funds.

Who should I pitch my startup to? From Angels to VC Funds to Private Equity Funds, a breakdown of the differences between types of tech and startup investors.

Happy #InternationalPodcastsDay! To celebrate, we're sharing a few of our favorite podcasts focused on tech, investing, and entrepreneurship. These hosts dive into everything from how a company was built to interviews with founders & venture capitalists about their successful exits & ultimate failures.

In this edition, we're sharing a few free resources for going through the fundraising process. We'll also take a quick dive into Webflow v. WordPress! (because your website should be built for you, not the other way around)

As a founder or startup, you should absolutely be doing the same internal due diligence on investors PRIOR to reaching out & pitching. Think about dating, recruiting, or interviewing for a job. Are you swiping right on every single person or job? For your sanity, I hope not! By creating your investor funnel and running through the checklist, you'll prevent wasted resources & a bad taste in your mouth. More importantly, you'll get to your end goal faster! Cuz let's be honest... $$$.

Welcome to Part I of our new blog series on How to Create a Pitch Deck for Investors. This series distills sections of an investor deck with pitch deck slide examples from Aleberry startups who have successfully raised capital from VCs, CVCs, PEs, and Angels. Let's kickoff with Part I: An Overview & Investor Deck Outline!

Every founder should have a minimum of 3 types of presentations: a pitch deck for demo days, an investor deck, and a technical or sales deck. You should also have various versions of these, depending on who you are pitching to. We like to start with one big Master Deck and adjust the slides accordingly.

Some exciting news: we have officially been accepted to & completed 2 weeks of the inaugural WeWork Labs Small Business Program!

A Private Equity & Venture Capital firm website case study (built on Webflow by Aleberry).

In this edition, we're chatting about the importance of startups researching investors, learning from Bill.com, and SAFEs & Convertible note term sheet terminology.

Join us at the inaugural MentorHER Day in Washington, DC by 1,000 Dreams Fund.

New sparkling site. Dig around, and have some fun!

A few good fundraising tips from our mates at ReVenture (reventure.co) with a lovely mention of Aleberry!

Aleberry officially turns TEN! We've worked with some pretty great founders that we love to brag on, so we took some time to put together a handful of metrics.

Financial Tech Website

Pitch Deck: Traction Slide. If you have awards or user traction, show it off! Make your key metrics & logos the focal point, and don't clutter! We usually like to tie this into your milestones/financials to show what you've accomplished without the soon-to-be funding. #ecommerce

Possip: Easy Parent Engagement Branding #edtech

Fundraising Tip: Establish your PMF (Product Market Fit) before starting / launching any business! This means someone other than your mum would buy your product.