VC Minute

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Don't answer every question in your deck. Give just enough information to pique curiosity. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners , founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers, and Accountants to your organization...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Let's peer into the spooky world inside a VC's brain when you're pitching with a wall-of-text slide. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners , founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers, and Accountants...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Understanding that you have a very limited amount of time and space to compete for a limited amount of investor attention. About Justin Izzo Justin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and ann...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. The Team slide is your chance to answer the question, "why you?" A handful of logos is no more helpful than two paragraphs of text. About Justin Izzo Justin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch d...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. If your pitch deck should form an argument, the best way to formulate that argument is by writing it out in three sentences.  About Justin Izzo Justin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Structure your pitch deck in a way that it forms an argument and each slide supports that argument all the way through. About Justin Izzo Justin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and annual...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Market sizing should articulate how you see the market, showing that you understand your target market and can focus on it. About Justin Izzo Justin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and an...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. You don't have critical distance from your business to be able to get out of the weeds. Get feedback on your deck from someone with that critical distance. About Justin Izzo Justin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind Doc...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. The author of Dropbox DocSend's pitch deck analyses shares his insights into building a "snappy" pitch deck. About Justin Izzo Justin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and an...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. "There's very few companies, or people, or teams that get to build the future." -Sunny Han About Fulcrum Fulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry wi...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Sunny looks at VC as a game, one that has rules. You can still choose to play with people good people, but know that they have objectives that may not be the same as yours.   About Fulcrum Fulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is criti...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. After raising in the bubble of 2021, the next raise proved both challenging and humbling.  About Fulcrum Fulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation s...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Sunny shares, "The Series A felt like poetry. It didn't feel like finance. And I think there, underlying that, there's some delusional problems with how I was managing the company at the time." About Fulcrum Fulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innova...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. VCs push founders for growth. Founders push their teams for growth. But is all growth the right growth?  About Fulcrum Fulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry wit...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Sunny shares his lesson on how he would choose investors.  About Fulcrum Fulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation software. About AVL Growth Partne...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Running a targeted fundraising process—knowing who he want to reach and who can introduce him—got the fundraise moving quickly. About Fulcrum Fulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revi...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Sunny leveraged his personal savings and help from family to fund the pivot.  About Fulcrum Fulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation software. Abou...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Starting out as a consulting business was a great way to learn what customers wanted, but caused problems as the other founders didn't want to give up the consulting work.  About Fulcrum Fulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is cr...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Meet Sunny Han, founder & CEO of Fulcrum. SpringTime invested in Fulcrum and has been with them through all the ups and downs.   About Fulcrum Fulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Should you back off of the business to fundraise for 3 months, or can you accomplish more by spending 4 months heads-down growing the business? About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners , founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, C...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Block out three weeks just for initial investor meetings to create a tight feedback loop. Put all of your focus into getting as many meetings as possible in those weeks. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners , founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an e...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Organize your VC target list into: Friendlies, A-List, and everyone else. Start by pitching your friendlies to get raw VC feedback. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners , founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers,...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. Before you send a single email, build a list of 200+ target VCs. Here are four sites you can use for free. signal.nfx.com Openvc.app connect.visible.vc findfunding.vc About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners , founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an expe...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. There are 14 weeks between now and Thanksgiving. If you don't have a term sheet by then, you're not going to get one until Q1 next year. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners , founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs...

Text your thoughts directly to Rich. In fundraising, the end of June is a lot like the end of November. If you don't have a term sheet on the table, you're not going to get one in the next month. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners , founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an ex...