🌴💰 While many are off enjoying summer holidays, founders are gearing up for their fundraising rounds. If you’re looking for fundraising advice, Earlybird Principal Nina Mayer covers three essential elements of the fundraising journey in a recent interview with Grace - Accelerate Female Entrepreneurship. 📝 Preparation: Stay focused when reaching out to investors – always verify the investment scope & interest. If your network cannot provide an intro, reach out directly via a personal and short in-mail/LinkedIn message including your deck. 👩🏼🤝👩🏽 Networking: Share update messages and/or have regular catch-up calls with a few, selected investors. You can also ask for support from the ones you've built a closer relationship with. 🤝 Pitching: Do research on the investor you are speaking to (ie. check the investment scope, the portfolio in your sector, the board roles, and background) so you can personalize your pitch. For the full interveiw head to: https://bit.ly/4fivyvW🏃♀️ cc: Leonie Moos, Zarah Sieges, Asma Gammoudi #FundraisingTips #StartupSuccess #VentureCapital
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲? 💸 Meet Nina Mayer, principal at the Earlybird Venture Capital which focuses on European technology companies. Earlybird identifies and backs exceptional early-stage companies on a pan-European basis and supports them through their growth and development phases Nina shared with us her tips and advice for founders from an investor’s perspective: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟯 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱? ✅ Common objectives are key: be very clear about your company vision and which investor type would fit your goals. ✅ Stay focused & persistent when reaching out to investors – always verify the investment scope & interest. If your network cannot provide an intro, reach out directly via a personal and short in-mail/LinkedIn message including your deck. ✅ Be well prepared – set up a good data room, clean up your website/Linkedin, do research on the investor you are speaking to, etc. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀? Share update messages and/or have regular catch-up calls with a few, selected investors. You can also ask for support from the ones you built a closer relationship with. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀? ✅ Do research on the investor you are speaking to (ie. check the investment scope, the portfolio in your sector, the board roles, and background) so you can personalize your pitch. ✅ Prepare questions for the investor (ie. What does portfolio work/support look like?). ✅ Prepare to "tell a great story" with a clear vision. 👉 Are you a female founder working in the HR Tech sector and preparing to for your next fundraising round? We have a real funding opportunity for you, check it out here: https://lnkd.in/e5ntuQBn #InvestorPitch #PublicSpeaking #femalefounders #PresentationSkills #Event #Startup #Entrepreneurship