Post-Seed and Pre-Series A VCs On Startups w Sramana Mitra

Case Studies and Due Diligence Conversations W Post-Seed and Pre-Series A Investors (VCs and Angels) on Venture Capital

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

What Will I Learn?

• Through in-depth interviews with active investors, learn why 99% of entrepreneurs who seek funding get rejected.
• What investor-entrepreneur fit is and how to look for it before seeking funding.
• Which trends, new innovations and business models investors are most likely to fund.
• What the proof points are that investors look for before they write a check.
• How to go to VCs as kings, not beggars.
• How to get warm introductions to the right investors at the right time, rather than wasting your time on investor meetings that will never convert and endure th

Requirements

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

Target audience

• Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue ideas for which they have both passion and expertise
• Engineers who want to turn their 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, and 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.