How to Model a Venture Capital Fund
My goal from this post is for you to come away with a solid idea of what it means to create a financial model for a venture capital fund, complete with templates and examples that you can use for modeling your fund.
How to write a top 1% cold email to VCs
Everything you need to know about cold emailing a VC investor. Follow this step by step, and you are guaranteed to write a top 1% cold email to VCs. Includes checklist and examples.
Don't forget to whitelist OpenVC!
As a VC, you need to whitelist OpenVC to receive deal flow via email. Here's how to do it - on Gmail, on Outlook, on mobile, on laptop.
Introducing OpenVC - A better way for VCs to be found
2,000+ VC firms worldwide. Searchable by investment thesis. Radically free and open.
Introducing OpenDeck - 1,200+ startup slides sorted by category
Over the past 7 years, I have been many times in a position to (help) build pitch decks for early-stage startups. Because I suck at designing slides, I started to steal inspiration from famous pitch decks.
How to evaluate an early-stage startup
This is my homemade methodology to assess early-stage startups. It's a simple but thorough checklist that prospective founders, investors, and employees can go through before committing their time or money.
How to build a startup pitch deck
This playbook is my home-made, battle-tested process to prepare the structure, content, and design of a typical early-stage startup pitch deck. These 2 hours of prep work will save you 10x more time down the road, I promise.
Pitch deck for startups - 8 templates compared
It's really hard to find a good template to build your startup pitch deck. Most of what you find online - both free and paid - sucks. Either the slides are ugly, or the deck is poorly structured, or both.
Startup financial models - 12 templates compared
Need a financial model for your startup? Fear not. I have extensively compared the top 12 templates, free and paid, so you don't have to do it.
