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avra is redefining growth-stage VC by operating an exclusive, secretive "school" for the world's best startup CEOs. Founded by ex-YC Continuity partner Anu Hariharan, it's quickly becoming an essential partner for scaling startups. Their unique model: educate first, invest later. Discover how Avra operates, what it teaches, and how it's changing the VC playbook in this +11,000 word case study: https://lnkd.in/eAzsar5e

A challenge every new VC faces: proving you have good taste. How can you show LPs you know how to spot great startups when it takes 10+ years for a company to go from seed to exit? As part of our "How to Raise Your First Fund" guide, we pulled together this handy matrix. Lots more in the piece: https://lnkd.in/eF_MzGGf

KP Reddy built several startups, one valued at $350M+, before becoming a VC. I asked him about how he comes up with winning startup ideas and what you can learn from it. His answer 👇 Watch the full interview with KP here: https://lnkd.in/dp5YdBEM

What do angel investors want? Things to know before reaching out to an angel investor for your startups. (Taken from our course at Meet.Capital)

🚀🫡 Dropping my 𝐐𝟏'𝟐𝟒 𝐄𝐔 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 & 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫: 🐣 54 startups 💰 199 VCs (most frequently occurring Seedcamp - Episode 1 Ventures - Kima Ventures - Y Combinator - Sequoia Capital - Credo Ventures) 🧑💻 drop a comment 'Q1 startups' below and will share the data set with you!

It seems like yesterday that we were announcing our third fund and it's now clear that approaching VC with a product lens and an entrepreneurial mindset has paid off for us Since closing the fund, we've invested in around 25 companies and about 30% of these have been sourced algorithmically, testament to our in-house sourcing engine - see https://lnkd.in/eD5agaWD Getting to these startups early has consistently helped us win competitive deals We’ve also invested in startups that came through Focal and others that were referred to us by Riding Unicorns guests We think what we've built make the next 20yrs incredibly exciting for Episode 1 Ventures

As a early-stage VC, I've witnessed numerous startups falter due to slow execution. Avoid this pitfall. Speed in executing your ideas is crucial for discovering the right product-market fit.

Today, our founder dives into the common problem of MVP creep and how it affects startups! Check it out here -> https://lnkd.in/eUVT8_t7

Just recorded our episode with a VC fund who crafts strategic celebrity partnerships for their portfolio startups! Our guest was Mallory Shickora, MBA from Fourward Ventures (and her puppy who was in the room with us.) I’m honestly so excited to release the snippets from our episode. Here are some topics we covered: 🍀 Why their celebrity network is a great value prop for LPs and founders 🍀 Exactly how they evaluate if a celebrity would be a good match for a portfolio founder (6-step formula) 🍀 The different ways that a celebrity can invest in a startup (hint: it’s not always capital investment) And yes, on the pod I did hint that I wanted to meet Ryan Reynolds.. but not sure if that’s happening.

What our investors think we do in our startups. DM me to receive my playbook to HOW TO BUILD YOUR 5M€ VC PORTFOLIO IN 1 YEAR