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First Pre-Seed VC Meeting 3 Things I'm Judging
@jessicallynch
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The video provides valuable, actionable advice for founders seeking pre-seed funding, directly addressing their pain points and offering clear criteria for success in VC meetings. The concise format and direct delivery make the information easily digestible and shareable.
Summary
The speaker, affiliated with Founders Edge, outlines three key criteria they evaluate during first pre-seed VC meetings. These include assessing the team's unfair advantage or unique access, the venture's scale and market opportunity, and the technical capabilities of the team, particularly in leveraging AI to transform workflows and user experiences.
Structure
- 1Introduction: 3 things judged in first VC meeting
- 2Thing 1: Unfair advantage/unique access
- 3Thing 2: Venture scale and aspiration
- 4Thing 3: Technical teams using AI
- 5Conclusion: Every investor is different
Product placement
Founders Edge: This is the VC firm the speaker is affiliated with. It merely appears as a name on screen and in the caption. Removing it would not change what happens in the video.
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First Pre-Seed VC Meeting
3 Things I'm Judging
I HAD FIVE
CALLS TODAY
AND I THOUGHT
INTERESTING TO HEAR
TOP THINGS
LISTENING AND JUDGING
IN A FIRST MEETING
THING I'M LISTENING
IF YOU HAVE
REAL UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
WORKING ON
DO YOU HAVE
IS GONNA HELP
FRONT OF THESE CUSTOMERS
BETTER THAN ANYONE
ELSE DO YOU
HAVE EXPERIENCE IN
THIS VERTICAL
A PROBLEM AND
A WAY OF SOLVING
IT THAN ANYONE ELSE
SOMETHING FROM YOUR
PAST
I'M LISTENING FOR
THAT MAKES YOU
EXEPTIONALLY GOOD AT THIS
OR GIVES YOU
UNFAIR ACCESS AT THIS
SO MAKE SURE
TWO THINGS TOGETHER
THE SECOND IS
VENTURE SCALE
HOW MANY CUSTOMERS
*Or how you're creating /
growing a market!
CONTRACT VALUE YOU'RE EXPECTING
YOU 100 MILLION IN
REVENUE IN THE
SEVEN YEARS
YOUR ASPIRATION
AND A THIRD
IS FOR US
AT FOUNDERS EDGE
WE'RE INVESTING IN
PRETTY TECHNICAL TEAMS
IN TEAMS USING
TO REALLY TRANSFORM
WORK FLOWS AND
USER EXPERIENCES IN
THEIR INDUSTRY
AND SO I'M
LISTENING FOR HOW
YOU'RE USING AI
IS IT TRULY
DIFFERENTIATED
AND DO YOU
TEAM TO DO
IT BETTER THAN
THOSE ARE THREE
THINGS I WAS
CLEARLY LISTENING FOR
AND JUDGING TODAY
AND IF YOU'RE
FOUNDER'S EDGE
THOSE ARE THINGS
BUT REMEMBER EVERY
INVESTOR IS DIFFERENT
AND HAPPY PITCHING
Original caption
As a pre-seed investor, I take a lot of founder calls. Here are three things I’m always listening for in a first meeting. 1) Unfair advantage / unique access or insight the team has 2) Venture Scale - crazy large opportunities and aspiration to tackle it 3) On thesis for our fund at @FoundersEdge ##fundraising##preseed##vc##pitching##founders##venturecapital##startups
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