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Your Series A check sheet ✔️

Fundraising Advice

Your Series A check sheet ✔️

If you prefer to download directly the check sheet, download is here. Newfund recently announced its 3rd series A refinancing in a row over the last three months. First came FairMoney with Flourish Ventures & DST partners. Then Fairmarkit with Insight Partners. And a few weeks ago, came Young Alfred with

Raising money from German and Nordic seed funds

Fundraising Advice

Raising money from German and Nordic seed funds

We've been hammering the going global recently. Why? Because it's the future. It's easier than ever, more vital than ever, but also as simple as a visio/call. So if you're a 1. France-based startup, 2. you have a multicultural/multilingual team, 3. your processes in english, and 4. maybe

Predictive Churn Indicator

Predictive Churn Indicator

Not all revenue is equal. Figuring out how strong yours is remains key for the future of your business, especially in a post-covid world and the likely crisis. When facing troubles, most entrepreneurs (me included) have a tendency to apply a macro risk and global hypotheses to their business. For

The Don’ts of Starting a Start-Up

The Don’ts of Starting a Start-Up

Do, do, do, but how about a dose of don’t, don’t, don’t? Don’t partner with associates without a shareholders’ agreement! You might be best friends now, but don’t tomorrow decide on something you could put in writing today. Don’t give equity to someone working

In the Covid crisis, forecasts are useless

In the Covid crisis, forecasts are useless

March 29, 2020 — we finally got it: the pandemic is here, we understand that the number of infected people will rise to a peak, followed by a sharp decrease in the number of victims. Or at least we think we got it. Start-ups are being told that there will be

Should you ask for equity 📈?

Should you ask for equity 📈?

You just got that job at the startup you’ve always dreamt of and you’re wondering if you should ask for equity as part of compensation? Drawing from my time as an entrepreneur, my discussions with the 70+ hires then, and most recently as VC @ Newfund Capital helping our

Cohorts, cohorts, cohorts!

Cohorts, cohorts, cohorts!

Why cohorts are your single most important assets when fundraising, and how you should showcase them to venture capital funds! There I said it! You could have the best pitch deck in the world, but your cohorts’ slide alone could do the job to convince an investor (🔥). In this article,

Do VCs really add value? — Founders say sometimes.

Do VCs really add value? — Founders say sometimes.

NOTE: If Hacker Noon & Medium allowed multiple authors, this post would carry 2 other important names. The study referenced below, its findings, and this writing is a joint effort by Carl Fritjofsson at Creandum and Owen Reynolds from University of Chicago. Any reference to this work should also include their