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After a few weeks of holiday 🇲🇽, we’re back and wrapping up the year with the Capital team. We helped many founders raise funding in 2024, in verticals such as ClimateTech, AgTech, BioTech, and DeepTech among others. That said, it’s no secret that it’s been a challenging year for fundraising. As I’ve shown before, the market has declined since 2022, and unfortunately, this year hasn’t been much different. 👀 In the coming weeks, we’ll take a closer look at some of the verticals and discuss topics such as ‘What are the verticals that had the most success in 2024?’. 🔍 Are there any specific areas you’d like us to explore in more detail? Let me know in the comments! 👇

I highly recommend this program to learn more about Angel investing and the startup world.

Ok, so we're a thing now... Yep. Launcherino! First 80 founders invited to the platform and they're now in our community. Investors have also joined their community ahead of launch. Wait list 2 is open for both sides if you want to join the revolution! You can join the communities while you're waiting too. Drop us a DM if you're raising and need help or an investor wanting deal flow from mainly under-represented, early stage founders!

In the startup world for years, success is often seen as securing funding. That's true, but avoiding common pitfalls in fundraising is equally crucial. Learn more at startupwarriors.io.

In the startup world for years, success is often seen as securing funding. That's true, but avoiding common pitfalls in fundraising is equally crucial. Learn more at startupwarriors.io.

Crunch Fundings Spotlight!  In this exciting new segment, we'll be shining a light on organizations around the world that are making a real impact. From innovative startups to game-changing nonprofits, we're here to celebrate those driving positive change. Stay tuned for each episode — you won't want to miss it!  And if you know of an organization that's doing remarkable work, drop a recommendation in the comments! 👇 Let’s spread the word and amplify their efforts together.  #CrunchFundingsSpotlight #ImpactMakers #GlobalChange #Explore #NGO #Spotlight

"For impact startups, it's important that the investors you bring onboard not only provide capital but also reflect the community you are trying to serve." Jaron Soh, co-founder of Voda: The LGBTQIA+ Mental Wellness App, shares his insights on how he built an investor roster for his recent £275k pre-seed investment round that not only provides capital but also reflects the community he aims to serve. Explore Jaron's top 5 fundraising tips for impact founders in our latest cards 👇

🤑 I want to publicly thank my family and friends for helping me make my NY Tech Week (TECH WEEK by a16z) event, Founders, Funders, & Fractionals a financial reality. The Chronicles of NY Tech Week, Part 2: To be honest, I almost canceled it. New York rental spaces are pricey, and the money I raised was based on assumptions I thought were solid, leaving no room for error. I learned the hard way never to raise money on just one set of assumptions. After 1.5 months of pitching, I found a reasonably priced venue with great vendor relationships, inexpensive food, and a prime location. I was excited and thought, "This is definitely happening." I spun up a GoFundMe, raised $2,200 in 24 hours from friends and family, and was ready to move ahead the next business day. And then, it fell through for reasons I won’t get into, but it was a tough blow. I realized I had approached this all wrong. This error led to 64% of the event was covered, instead of the intended 100% (or as close to it). 💡 The Lesson: This mistake was a tough one, and even though it worked out in the end, it could have easily gone the opposite way (i.e., poorly). Next time, I will do my homework and follow the advice I give others: Stop, take a step back, and run through a few scenarios to set yourself up for the best outcome. _________________________________________________________________ I’m Ashley. I help early-stage founders in FinTech, Health & Wellness, and Travel to create focus and clarity in their business through product management techniques, so they can achieve market fit and reap its benefits. Founders, Funders, & Fractionals is dedicated to enhancing the startup ecosystem by promoting the strategic use of fractional talent and creating high-ROI experiences through education and networking.

If you're seeing this post, you probably already know how grand the climate challenge is—and how much innovation is needed to address it. But innovation isn't easy: it requires grit, guidance, enthusiasm, and mentorship, and that's not to mention basic capital, software, and physical tools. That's where we come in: cultivating a community of fellow founders; providing expert advisors, physical tools, and lab space; and connecting founders to the investors and corporate partners who will ultimately help propel their tech out of the lab and into the world. This #GivingTuesday, we need your partnership to support startups in getting their crucial technologies out into the world. At a time when Greentown, our startups, and the broader climatetech industry are facing headwinds stemming from market trends, the recent U.S. election, and an investment chill, your support is more important now than ever. Your generous help this Giving Tuesday will empower Greentown and our startups to continue scaling climate solutions in 2025 and beyond. Learn more and donate here: https://lnkd.in/encGAgGw

I saw this post just now, after seeing Hélène Guillaume Pabis's post earlier today about ending up in the ER after a minor car crash. (Mom & baby are OK!) https://lnkd.in/gawNr8Nf The juxtaposition of these two posts reinforced something profound: - Investors increasingly have no problem backing pregnant founders (something that old-school investors (ahem) simply couldn't wrap their heads around) - And founders who are pregnant increasingly feel comfortable sharing that part of themselves publicly. This is amazing forward progress. Startup investing used to rest in the hands of people whose mindsets remained rooted in old ideas about what women (and women carrying children) were--& were not--able to do. As a result, founders who were raising money tried to keep pregnancies under wraps as long as possible. They knew it would immediately torpedo their fundraising plans. (As I wrote about a few years ago in The Guardian: https://lnkd.in/evCfBcr ) But here's what that old mindset never understood: - Betting on a founder is a long game. Success stems from a founder's grit, vision, and ability to execute -- qualities independent of anything going on in their lives. - So many of our ideas about what women are (& aren't) capable of date back to earlier eras--eras which were actively invested perpetuating certain narratives. Those ideas weren't rooted in fact, but rather in cultural imperatives. In other words, they were never true. I could cite statistics and research that disprove those ideas (like the fact that parents are actually more productive and effective in the workplace than non-parents). But that's a side show. Our beliefs about pregnant founders will only change when more investors slough off antiquated ideas (or never believe them in the first place) and place their bets accordingly. And as more and more childbearing founders knock it out of the park, re-engineering our collective ideas about what pregnant people and parents of small children are capable of. As Buckminster Fuller said: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Or, in this case: You never change people's minds by arguing against their (entrenched) beliefs. You change their minds by simply doing the thing they think can't be done. (And, better, by showing them how much money they lost because they couldn't get beyond those beliefs.) So kudos to Hélène and others who are forging ahead. And kudos to Kara (Brown) Mosteller & Play Money & others who are betting on these founders. This is how we change the game. It's how we create the paths & possibilities we want to see in the world.