Having raised more than $300 million in numerous financings, I have learned a few rules along the way that help to make strong, effective and impactful presentation.  I have found that VC’s invest, generally speaking,  in three things:  an idea, a top management team, and a big market for the product and service.  In your presentation, make sure these each get a slide.  Your presentation goal is to give them an overview on the investment opportunity and show how you will make money for them.

1. Do your homework: Need to prepare ahead of time and learn as much as you can about the prospective investors, their background, focus areas any particular interest areas, etc’ Any such information could come in handy during the venture capital presentation.  We called one firm who I knew and they were [Read more...]