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09 февраля 2021 14:26

6️⃣5️⃣➕ Directories to Promote your Startup! The comprehensive list of the best startup directories and listing sources to promote your startup!

💿📺If you are building your tech product and believe that once you release it - thousands of people will be happy to use it. But the challenge is in finding those thousands of early adopters!

👉How do you plan to get those ❓

At InnMind, we've collected the comprehensive list of startup directories, listings and websites that you can use to reach out to early adopters and build a great community around your startup!

✒️Read the article: https://bit.ly/2N5pIoS

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

08 февраля 2021 17:56

🅰️💰Are you raising an ambitious Series A Investment?

Would you like to increase the investment and valuation amount❓ Do you want to save time, costs and effort at no costs, no equity and limited travel❓

✔️If the answers are YES, then you should apply now to join the InvestHorizon Accelerator.

The program, financed by the European Commission and in association with Eureka, has already supported European scale-ups in raising over EUR 53M€ in 2019 and 2020.

➡️Do you want to be the next ❓

Apply Now: https://bit.ly/39ZEff7

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

08 февраля 2021 09:04

📆📈December 2021 was a hot month for new unicorns. So was January. February likely will be more of the same.

The venture capital market has skewed later and larger in recent quarters, something you might have felt in the rapid recent pace of new unicorn formation. Powering those unicorn births are huge rounds led by large funds.

✔️In 2020 there were at least 97 global fintech rounds worth $100 million or more.
✅Venture capital in Europe during Q4 2020 set a record for dollars invested around $14.3 billion
✔️Series B on the continent saw its value double from $10 million in 2016 to $20 million in 2020
✅And the U.S. startup industry raised around 90 rounds worth $100 million or more in Q3 2020 alone

👉And that’s not even close to the end. 2021 could be more than just more of the same; this year could set fresh records for private investment results.

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

04 февраля 2021 09:06

🇪🇺📆The most anticipated startup events for Q1 and Q2 2021 in Europe!

2020 was a difficult year that brought a whole bag of change with it. Since last March, we have been attending our favourite events and conferences only online, from the safety of our homes and comfort of the couch!

🕗Many of those were postponed or even cancelled, and at InnMind we decided to show you some of the best ones you can take part in this year!

Here are some of the best startup events, I think any founder should be looking forward to, in the first half of 2021!👇

✒️Read the article in the InnMind blog: https://bit.ly/36zwj1K

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

03 февраля 2021 10:25

📊🚫How NOT to make a Startup PitchDeck! 8 Critical Mistakes You Should Avoid!

Why so many startup pitch decks get rejected by investors ❓

And how to make a good investor pitch deck ❓

On InnMind we collected the critical mistakes that we see in startup pitch decks too often. And combined them into a set of harmful advice for startup founders on how to make the worst pitch deck!

👇👀Read the full article to learn from examples that will help you better understand what exactly drives investors crazy and makes them say NO in the middle of your presentation!

✒️InnMind Blog: https://bit.ly/2MjaY5O

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

02 февраля 2021 07:48

🌐🎙What do journalists look for when writing about a startup? Interview about PR with Trevor Clawson!

👤Trevor Clawson is a finance and business journalist, copywriter and author, specialising in start-ups, fast growth companies and corporate finance. He has written for a wide range of magazines and newspapers including Forbes, The New York Times, The Guardian & Startups.com, among others, and is the perfect person to answer any startup’s pressing questions about public relations!

👇Find out everything you need to know about startup PR in the latest InnMind Interview with Trevor, on the official InnMind Youtube channel!

▶️InnMind YouTube: https://bit.ly/3pAx5mF

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

01 февраля 2021 09:33

Do journalists prefer to talk to a PR representative or the entrepreneur themselves?

👤Trevor Clawson is a finance and business journalist, copywriter and author, specialising in start-ups, fast growth companies and corporate finance. He has written for a wide range of magazines and newspapers including Forbes, The New York Times, The Guardian & Startups.com, among others, and is the perfect person to answer any startup’s pressing questions about public relations!

👇Find out the answers to these and many other questions in the latest InnMind Interview with Trevor Clawson on the official InnMind Youtube channel!

▶️InnMind YouTube: https://bit.ly/36matPa

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

28 января 2021 16:03

☑️ Join Pitching Session stream on Youtube!

We invite everybody to watch the event to listen to other founders pitching to venture capitalists and learn the questions that investors ask them after the pitch. Most probably, you’ll be asked the same questions when you start pitching!

Today at 5:00 pm CET we have the first VC Shark-Tank in 2021 with 5 VCs, investing in B2B SaaS startups on late seed and A stage.

⏩ Join here: https://youtu.be/gLfjVuz_-jQ

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

28 января 2021 10:20

➕✖️Help us improve our Startup Valuation Calculator!

👉🏻Try out the InnMind Valuation Calculator here: https://lnkd.in/dBmJwy4

📝Answer the poll, and if you have any suggestions, leave them in the comment section below!

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

26 января 2021 18:15

🇰🇷South Korean Startup and VC Ecosystem. How to enter the Korean startup market?

The Korean Startup Market is a very dynamic, fast-growing & known to be very open to adopting new technologies. But, there are certain challenges faced by startup founders from outside Asia, who want to expand to the Korean market, but don’t know where to start.

🤔It’s hard to find relevant market data in English, difficult to analyze competitors, understand local rules and regulations, and it is especially hard to get in touch with local partners and investors if you don't know anyone in Korea.

🌐So in order to inform ourselves and YOU on all the intricacies of this market, InnMind invited an expert from South Korea, a startup advisor and mentor, CEO at Terminal Korea Startup Agency - Riso Ahn, to answer the questions from the global startup community and share practical advice on how to enter the Korean market!

▶️Watch the Interview: https://bit.ly/3oiwtko

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

26 января 2021 07:51

📊👨‍🏫Worst Startup Pitch Deck Examples: 8 Critical Mistakes You Should Avoid!

Why so many startup pitch decks get rejected by investors ❓
Does having a short pitch-deck means being weak ❓

🎓Despite the limitless knowledge base on the internet teaching how to make a good startup pitch deck, entrepreneurs repeat the same mistakes, failing the chance to attract investors’ attention.

On InnMind we collected the critical mistakes that we see in startup pitch decks too often. And combined them into a set of harmful advice for startup founders on how to make the worst pitch deck!

👀Watch it, to learn from examples that will help you better understand what exactly drives investors crazy and makes them say NO in the middle of your presentation!

▶️Watch the Video: https://bit.ly/39cvduF

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

25 января 2021 08:55

💰🇺🇸 2020 was a record year for venture capital investments into American startups, despite the pandemic!

According to PitchBook Data and the National Venture Capital Association, over $156.2 billion were invested into domestic startups last year, or around $428 million for each day of the year. The huge sum of money, however, was itself dwarfed by the amount of liquidity that American startups generated - around $290.1 billion!

📆While 2020 was falloff such amazing numbers, it isn’t something new. In 2018 and 2019, VCs invested around $140 billion into domestic startups, making last year’s $156 billion result a record, but not a shocking departure from previous years.

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

22 января 2021 08:33

🚀💰How to get prepared for startup fundraising?

✔️ do you have a business plan with well defined business model?

✔️ did you make customer development?

✔️ did you make market research and designed your marketing strategy?

If all the answers are "yes" - well, congratulations!You seem to be really well prepared for negotiations with investors! But if one or even more answers are “no”, know that you are not prepared for fundraising yet.

👀Read this article to help you understand better why and what should be prepared for your communication with potential investors. You'll find answers to your questions and many useful tips!

✒️Read the article: https://bit.ly/3qDYjcj

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

21 января 2021 10:36

📊Worst Startup Pitch Deck Examples: 8️⃣ Critical Mistakes You Should Avoid!

Why so many startup pitch decks get rejected by investors ❓
And how to make a good investor pitch deck ❓

⛔️Despite the limitless knowledge base on the internet teaching how to make a good startup pitch deck, entrepreneurs repeat the same mistakes, failing the chance to attract investors’ attention.

On InnMind we collected the critical mistakes that we see in startup pitch decks too often. And combined them into a set of harmful advice for startup founders on how to make the worst pitch deck!

👀Watch it, to learn from examples that will help you better understand what exactly drives investors crazy and makes them say NO in the middle of your presentation!

▶️Watch the Video: https://bit.ly/3qECWHL

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

19 января 2021 17:15

🇰🇷🚀South Korean Startup and VC Ecosystem. How to enter Korean market?

The Korean startup market is a very dynamic, fast-growing & known to be very open to adopting new technologies. But, there are certain challenges faced by startup founders from outside Asia, who want to expand to the Korean market, but don’t know where to start.

🎙👨‍🏫So in order to inform ourselves and YOU on all the intricacies of this market, InnMind invited an expert from South Korea, a startup advisor and mentor, CEO at Terminal Korea - Riso Ahn, to answer the questions from the global startup community and share practical advice on how to enter the Korean market!

▶️Watch the Interview: https://bit.ly/2M28Oaj

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

09 февраля 2021 10:04

February Edition of InnMind Shark-Tank pitching Session is coming soon!

🦈The next InnMind VC Shark-Tank Pitching Session is coming soon - on 25th of February at 17:00 CEST! The focus of this session will be Seed - Series A & Tech oriented B2B SaaS solutions in Spain & Portugal!

Here are the VC's who will take part in this session⬇️

👤Ana Alvaro Moreta - Investment Analyst at Adara Ventures
👤Roma Jelinskaite - Principal at Caixa Capital Risc
👤Borja Ballesté Pérez de Olaguer - Investment Manager at Inveready

🔔Set up a reminder to watch the livestream: https://bit.ly/36QIUh8

🚀If you have a working product, and you're raising funds to grow, scale, and enter new markets, you're more than welcome to apply and pitch on our next session.

👉Apply Now: https://bit.ly/3oYTlFU

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

08 февраля 2021 13:20

📊📔Worst Startup Pitch Deck Examples: 8 Critical Mistakes You Should Avoid!

Why so many startup pitch decks get rejected by investors ❓

And how to make a good investor pitch deck ❓

On InnMind we collected the critical mistakes that we see in startup pitch decks too often. And combined them into a set of harmful advice for startup founders on how to make the worst pitch deck!

👀📰Read the InnMind blog and watch our videos on YouTube to learn from examples that will help you better understand what exactly drives investors crazy and makes them say 🚫NO in the middle of your presentation!

✒️InnMind Blog: https://bit.ly/39Vx3kd

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

05 февраля 2021 12:55

💡How can I make sure no one will steal my startup idea?

🤔At InnMind we hear this question quite often. Without validation and execution part your business idea worth nothing!

If you can’t accept this simple truth, you will only increase your chances to fail!

Here are 5️⃣ reasons why keeping your business idea as a secret may significantly harm your future business and reduce your opportunities for successful execution:

✔️Unique Ideas Rarely Exist
✔️Idea Validation is Essential
✔️Idea Execution is Everything
✔️Building Startup Team
✔️Fundraising on Idea Stage

👉✒️Read the Article: https://bit.ly/2MRHA6T

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

03 февраля 2021 16:25

📑 25 PITCH DECK EXAMPLES FROM VC FUNDED STARTUPS 📑 ⬇️

💥 Don't miss the opportunity of getting knowledge and inspiration from 25 VC funded startups.
We collected the investment pitch decks of the most successful startups, that raised VC money and proved their model working as cash-generating machine.

This should be at interest to startup entrepreneurs who are sending their pitch decks to VC investors now or planning to.

✅ 25 investment decks of VC funded startups!
✅ What did they emphasize on when pitching to investors on early stage?
✅ How did they structure the investment deck and what attracted investors' attention?
Want these files?

Drop your email in a PM, and we'll send it over! ⬇️

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

02 февраля 2021 16:21

🤔💰What is it that makes SaaS so attractive to VCs?

🦄In 2020, European VC’s invested around €12bn into the SaaS sector, with Romanian SaaS giant UiPath becoming one of Europe’s most valuable tech startups. After raising $225m in July, UiPath’s valuation rose to $10.2bn, making it the region’s first SaaS ‘decacorn’!
SaaS businesses provide predictable, recurring revenue. A monthly subscription to Netflix is a repeatable, secure form of income that can be grown by acquiring more subscriptions or increasing its cost, compared with a one-off payment to download a film. SaaS companies are extremely capital-efficient. You can build a large, profitable business for less than $10m in funding.

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

01 февраля 2021 17:32

🚀🦈Get insight from leading VCs about what investors want to see in your pitchdeck!

📆The January Edition of the InnMind Shark-Tank Pitching Sessions on 28th of January was a great success! Here are the the investors who took part in this session:

🦈 - Dana Qtaishat , Fintech Investment Analyst at AB Ventures
🦈 - Gergely Paljak, Startup Tech Investor at Wille Finance
🦈 - David Boulton, DIP Capital LLP
🦈 - Anton Antich; Head of InnMind Investment Engine
🦈 - Mariusz Adamski; Partner at ff Venture Capital

🚀And the startups and founders who pitched to them:

BeeEye (Israel), RobinBrick (Spain), ROBO.AI (Germany), Ender Turing - Natural Language Technologies Suite with Speech Recognition/Synthesising (Estonia), Orbo.ai (UK), Quppy (Estonia), EcoSteer (Italy)

👀Watch the livestream: https://bit.ly/3oF8ADv

💼💸InnMind Shark-Tank Pitching Sessions are a great opportunity for pro-startups in our community to increase their networking, gain experience with investors, and most importantly have the chance to get funded!

❗️APPLY for the next Shark-Tank NOW: https://bit.ly/3pBq3OI

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

29 января 2021 12:27

🇪🇺📆The most anticipated startup events for Q1 and Q2 2021 in Europe.

2020 was a difficult year that brought a whole bag of change with it. Since last March, we have been attending our favorite events and conferences only online, from the safety of our homes and comfort of the couch!

🕗Many of those were postponed or even cancelled, and at InnMind we decided to show you some of the best ones you can take part in this year! Here are some of the best startup events, I think any founder should be looking forward to, in the first half of 2021!

✒️Read the article: http://bit.ly/3pvdKU5

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

28 января 2021 14:14

📊😠It is extremely frustrating to see countless startup founders spending excruciating amounts of time and effort on decks that in the end, nobody will finish

On InnMind we collected the critical mistakes that we see in startup pitch decks too often. And combined them into a set of harmful advice for startup founders on how to make the worst pitch deck!

✒️InnMind Blog: https://bit.ly/2Yo7GAF

And to help startup founders better understand what is expected from their presentations, InnMind has collected some of the best examples of pitch-decks by successful startups who have triumphed and closed their deals! This database consists of 25 pitch deck examples from Airbnb & Uber to BuzzFeed & Facebook, some of the best in the industry.

💬Leave us a comment down below, with a "+" and we will send it to you soon!👇

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

27 января 2021 15:47

🚀🦈The January Edition of the VC Shark-Tank Pitching Session is tomorrow at 17:00 CEST!

📆We want to remind you that the next edition of our monthly VC Shark-Tank Pitching Session will be held TOMORROW on 28th of January at 17:00 CEST! This time, Series A-B, SaaS & b2b startups from the EU, UK & Israel are welcome to join!

💼💸InnMind Shark-Tank Pitching Sessions are a great opportunity for pro-startups in our community to increase their networking, gain experience with investors, and most importantly have the chance to get funded!

🎓Don't miss your chance to pitch LIVE in front of investors and VC firms, receive feedback and most importantly - get funding!

❗️APPLY NOW: https://bit.ly/2MuGX2V

▶️ In addition, join our tomorrow stream on Youtube: https://youtu.be/gLfjVuz_-jQ

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

26 января 2021 15:54

Worst Startup Pitch Deck Examples: 8 Critical Mistakes You Should Avoid!

Why so many startup pitch decks get rejected by investors ❓

And how to make a good investor pitch deck ❓

On InnMind we collected the critical mistakes that we see in startup pitch decks too often. And combined them into a set of harmful advice for startup founders on how to make the worst pitch deck!

Watch it or read it, to learn from examples that will help you better understand what exactly drives investors crazy and makes them say NO in the middle of your presentation!

✒️InnMind Blog: https://bit.ly/3ce2irV

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

25 января 2021 14:49

🚀🦈The January Edition of the VC Shark-Tank Pitching Session is coming soon!

📆We want to remind you that the next edition of our monthly VC Shark-Tank Pitching Session will be held on 28th of January at 17:00 CEST! This time, Series A-B, SaaS & b2b startups from the EU, UK & Israel are welcome to join!

💼💸InnMind Shark-Tank Pitching Sessions are a great opportunity for pro-startups in our community to increase their networking, gain experience with investors, and most importantly have the chance to get funded!

🎓Don't miss your chance to pitch LIVE in front of investors and VC firms, receive feedback and most importantly - get funding!

❗️APPLY NOW: https://bit.ly/2MnlWXC

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

22 января 2021 13:37

📰🚀Everything you need to know about startup PR, interview with Trevor Clawson!

Who should you contact to be featured in media ❓
How and when should you contact them ❓
Should you use “template e-mails” when cold-contacting journalists or editors ❓

👤Trevor Clawson is a finance and business journalist, copywriter and author, specialising in start-ups, fast growth companies and corporate finance. He has written for a wide range of magazines and newspapers including Forbes, The New York Times, The Guardian & Startups.com, among others, and is the perfect person to answer any startup’s pressing questions about public relations!

👇Find out the answers to these and many other questions on the official InnMind Youtube channel!

▶️InnMind YouTube: https://bit.ly/3bXPztz

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

21 января 2021 15:57

🚀🦈Announcing the First VC to take part in the January Shark-Tank Pitching Session!

📆We are happy to announce that the next edition of our monthly VC Shark-Tank Pitching Session will be held on 28th of January at 17:00 CEST! This time, Series A-B, SaaS & b2b startups from the EU, UK & Israel are welcome to join! And the first VC to participate in this upcoming pitching session will be - Anton Antich, COO at Intento, Inc., ex-Veaam Software and a serial #techpreneur!

💼💸InnMind Shark-Tank Pitching Sessions are a great opportunity for pro-startups in our community to increase their networking, gain experience with investors, and most importantly have the chance to get funded!

🔔Set Up a Reminder: https://bit.ly/3p2nnJE

Don't miss your chance to pitch LIVE in front of investors and VC firms, receive feedback and most importantly - get funding!

APPLY NOW: https://bit.ly/2Y05zTs

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

20 января 2021 18:47

➕💬Have you tried the InnMind Startup Valuation Calculator?

🚀Startup Valuation Calculator, a simple and efficient tool to estimate the value of your startup business just in a few minutes! Here is what Anton Antich, COO at Intento, ex- Veeam Software and a serial techpreneur had to say about the tool:

“A lot of the startup founders are interested in estimating what potential valuation their startup can get in the market. And even though it's impossible to say with much certainty without knowing the details of the team, the market and traction, some reasonable estimates can still be made. InnMind team created a great and easy to use tool that helps you do just that!”

👉Startup Valuation Calculator: https://bit.ly/3oVkt9v

📣Try it out! And if you do, don’t forget to leave us your feedback in the comment section below. It will help us improve and make the tool even better than before!👇

🦄Web3 Startups and VCs

19 января 2021 11:26

🚘🚖Many of us need some form of transportation to get around — and most cars, buses and public transport systems are still far from perfect.

As countries, cities and businesses around the world are making strong sustainability pledges, a rush of green transport startups has arrived to work towards these goals. And they’re not alone — a new breed of corporate accelerators is stepping up to help them get off the ground.

🚲🏞Nowhere is there a greater need to introduce environmentally friendly technologies than the fastest growing source of global emissions: the transportation industry.

At InnMind, for example, NILSA TELEMETRIC SL & Spadrone, are some of the greatest examples of #startups working in #transportation on our platform!