VC Funding for Retargeting Ad Companies Grew by 62%
Retargeting specifically refers to tools that display ads based on previous online activity from search history to website visits. Targeting has become big business with companies like Google, Twitter and Facebook launching their own dedicated retargeting platform. Retargeting covers a variety of different functions such as: Search Retargeting – Companies that utilize consumer’s previous online […]
VC Update: Q1 2013 Activity Report – $6.9B Invested Across 841 Deals
Q3 2012 saw 835 deals take place, the highest number since the dot com boom. Q4 held relatively flat (834 deals) and Q1’13 saw a slight uptick leading to a new multi-year high on deals. Funding also climbed on a sequential basis. Relative to Q1’12, funding was up 17%. Overall, Q1 2013 saw $6.9 billion […]
Pitch Deck for Angels and VCs
The single most important thing that the VC is going to be investing in is YOU! Your pitch deck presentation is simply a visual tool to help you deliver your message. It is paramount that the audience is solely drawn to you, and that your deck merely contains short bullet points, headlines and images that […]
TED Talk on Pitching to VCs from “The Pitch Coach” David S. Rose
As an entrepreneur, David Rose has raised millions for his own companies. As an investor, he has funded millions more. According to the “The Pitch Coach,” the single most important thing that the VC is going to be investing is YOU. “Therefore, the entire purpose of the VC pitch is to convince them that you […]
A Visual Look at US Angel Investing
The image below is the first of its kind – issued by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and CB Insights, the Halo Report image provides us with new and graphic information regarding the Angel Investment world. Some of the highlights we took from the report: California leads in deals and dollars among individual states at 21% of investment Median angel group […]
