Startup Funding – Investor Insights Every Entrepreneur Needs
Finance
What Founders Need to Know Before Raising Capital
Thomas Cuvelier, Partner at RTP Global, offers his expert insights into the essential focus areas for founders raising their first round of funding, the traits that make a winning start-up team, and the exciting opportunities driven by AI in traditionally overlooked industries.
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The Secret Sauce to Fundraising Success
Anar Murtuzayev, CEO of Mount Venture Capital, shares essential advice for first-time fundraisers, from defining your vision to building relationships with investors, and highlights the start-up trends that excite him most.
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Capital Gains
Emmet King, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at J12, shares what founders need to get right before their first fundraise, how to turn rejection into momentum, and why AI's next frontier is closer than we think.
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Smart Money, Real Impact
2150's Rahul Parekh on how founders can master their first raise, why "no" doesn't mean never, and the climate tech trends he's betting on.
Business News
Breaking the Pattern
The Navigate Ventures founder Ivan Nikkhoo explains why team, timing, and capital efficiency—not hype - are the true drivers of early-stage success.
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Raising the Bar
Inside the mind of Iulia Tudor, Partner at Ascension VC, on what early-stage founders need to win investors, scale smart, and turn "no" into opportunity.
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Straight Talk, No Slides
Sergey Toporov, Partner at early-stage deep tech VC Leta Capital, isn't here for your over-polished pitch deck. He wants clarity, timing, and founders who can take a punch - and still keep building.
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Inside the Mind of a VC
The Bacqd investor on pitch decks that win, handling rejection like a pro, and why the future of sustainable tech is now.
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Startup Funding: Luke Rajah, BGF Early Stage Partner, Deep Tech and Life Sciences
Luke Rajah is a Partner at BGF, focused on early-stage investments in deep tech and life sciences — two sectors where the UK continues to produce globally significant innovation.
Business News
Startup Funding: Adam French, Partner, Antler
Adam French, Partner at Antler, a global early-stage venture capital firm, shares the key to winning investment
Business News
Startup Funding: Jim Mellon, Exec Chairman, Agronomics
Jim Mellon, Executive Chairman of Agronomics, a leading VC firm that is helping to curate a future wave of biotech's in the UK, reveals what investors really want - and how founders can stand out.