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Youri Doeleman Principal at Antler Global

Founder Advice

“Show me what you’ve got”: How I evaluate pitch decks and advise early-stage startups

From pitch deck to product readiness, early-stage founders have to navigate lots of uncertain variables when seeking investor funding. Youri Doeleman, Partner at global VC firm Antler, shares advice on how startup founders can position themselves to succeed on the fundraising trail.

Jun 08, 2021

Startup Resources

Data-Driven Answers to Frequently Asked Questions on Startup Fundraising

When analyzing thousands of pitch decks, we get many startup fundraising questions about the structure of a deck, investor outreach strategy, and more. Fortunately, we have strong insights and data to share in response to many of these frequently asked questions.

Jun 01, 2021

Venture Capital

How Behind Genius Ventures Drives Community-led Investing for the Next Generation of Founders

We are distribution-focused, which means we help the founders we partner with on developing strategies and experiments around building community and content. Here's how we raised $1.625M for our first fund, Behind Genius Ventures.

May 27, 2021

How to create a pre-seed investor strategy using DocSend data.

Startup Resources

How to Create an Investor Strategy for Your Pre-Seed Fundraise

VCs who invest in your pre-seed round will be with you for the life of your business, so pick people you like. Here's what our data says about creating a pre-seed investor strategy.

May 20, 2021

Ryan Holmes of Hootsuite on his new startup Kernal

Founder Advice

How Ryan Holmes is Helping People Go from Idea to Startup

People use different mediums to test their ideas or early stage products from Kickstarter to Product Hunt - but what about pre-company? Here's how and why Ryan Holmes is helping new ideas grow.

May 13, 2021

Venture Capital

How to See More High Quality Deal Flow as a VC

As a VC, you know that getting a high-quality deal flow isn’t always a walk in the park. The newly-launched DocSend Deal Flow Newsletter is here to make it a bit easier.

May 11, 2021

Startup Resources

Q1 Startup Fundraising Trends from the DocSend Fundraising Network

We've reviewed more than 2,000 Pre-seed, Seed and Series A pitch decks through the DocSend Fundraising Network. Read about some of the fundraising trends we've seen and how we plan to grow our network even further.

May 03, 2021

Pre-seed startup fundraising best practices by DocSend.

Startup Resources

How To Structure A Pre-Seed Pitch Deck: Beyond The “Minimum Viable PowerPoint”

If you’re going to raise a pre-seed round, you need a good deck. The purpose of the pitch deck is to get you meetings with potential investors. Here's our research on what to include in your pitch deck, how VCs read it, and what it takes to raise.

Apr 28, 2021

Founder Advice

Nailing the Narrative: How The Founders of Swell Learned to Tell Their Story and Raise Their Seed Round

Even though Swell had introductions or inbound contacts with many firms from the beginning, their pitching strategy ended up being a bit counterintuitive. Here's how they crafted a narrative and landed their lead investor.

Apr 22, 2021

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