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How the fundraising journey differs for founding teams that include a minority versus those that don't

New data from The Funding Divide comparing the impact of having a minority member on a founding vs having no minorities.
Nick FrostSenior Audience Development Manager at DocSend
2020年9月25日

2020 DocSend Startup Index: The Funding DivideThis week, we're publishing the third report in our series on The Funding Divide to reveal new data that shows the journey of a team fundraising for a pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round which contains at least one minority founder vs the journey of a team with no minorities. This is important data for founders, so please share it with your networks (prewritten tweet).

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Pitch Deck Interest Metrics Update

Based on last week’s Pitch Deck Interest metrics, we saw that investor interest spiked up 8%, whereas it dropped 8.44% during the same week in 2019. (tweet this)

Despite the number of pitch deck links created last week not increasing, the fundraising marketplace activity historically increases now through October.

Read our full analysis of last week's changes in the fundraising marketplace.

Recommended ReadsSuccess stories and lessons from two underrepresented foundersOpportunities are not all created equal in the startup world. Here are two stories on what it’s like being an underrepresented woman founder in today’s startup ecosystem from Nikki Dominguez of Handsome and Angela Benton of Streamlytics.

Read the full post on our blog.

Pushing for Change: An Interview with Cat HernandezFor Cat Hernandez, former Operating Partner at Primary Venture Partners and now Partner at The Venture Collective (TVC), breaking into venture capital was a happy accident of sorts. Kyla Crisostomo of AllRaise chats with Cat about her journey into VC and why she's passionate about helping underrepresented founders.

Read the full post on Medium.

Are you raising your pre-Seed or Seed round?

Founders, join the DocSend Fundraising Network for complimentary, data-driven pitch deck analysis and warm intros to VC, based on our quality bar and matching criteria. Lead early-stage VCs can apply to receive intros to startups in the program.

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Nick Frost

Senior Audience Development Manager at DocSendNick Frost is the Senior Audience Development Manager at DocSend. He writes The Weekly Index newsletter based on data and content from the DocSend Startup Index, along with managing the creation and distribution of DocSend content for founders and investors.
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