How Seed VCs Think About Deep Tech Startups | Sramana Mitra

Case Studies of Deep Tech Seed Investors (Angels and Venture Capitalists) on Venture Capital Fund Raising

Created by: Sramana Mitra
Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million / 1Mby1M

What Will I Learn?

• Through in-depth interviews with prominent investors, gain insights on how investors analyze deep tech startups.
• When Venture Capitalists are likely to fund deep tech startups.
• What investor-entrepreneur fit is and how to achieve it.
• Why 99% of entrepreneurs who seek funding get rejected by VCs.
• What some of the key considerations are for investors when they evaluate startups.
• How entrepreneurs can position themselves for success.
• What are some of the common mistakes that entrepreneurs make when pitching their startups to VCs.
• The fastest way to find the relevant sources of funding while building deep tech startups.

Requirements

• The only requirement for this course is an open mind and a willingness to learn.

Target audience

• Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue deep-tech ideas for which they have both passion and expertise.
• Engineers who want to turn their deep tech knowledge into multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees.
• Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of getting accepted into a top startup accelerator such as Y Combinator, Techstars, or 500 Startups.
• Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and from investors who have supported them.
• Professors teaching technology entrepreneurship courses anywhere in the world.