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In this post, I'll break down 17 ways founders get scammed when raising funds. Because there are no VC scams, only poorly informed founders.

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.

Here's our list of the absolute best 9 templates of pitch decks for startup founders. Most of what you find online - both free and paid - sucks. So we tested them all and produced a detailed benchmark for you.

They are all 100% real, they've all been sent via OpenVC. These examples are amongst the best we've seen. This is an excellent material to find inspiration when writing your own cold email to investors.

This article aims to help you understand everything you need to know about the series A stage: stage, check size, criteria, and more.

OpenVC is thrilled to announce the launch of OVC Ventures , an investment syndicate designed to leverage OpenVC’s extensive deal flow to identify and back the most promising startups.

Inbound fundraising is the most powerful, yet most underutilized way to access investors. In this post, we'll cover everything you need to know about inbound fundraising.

In the tech startup sphere, advisory shares are a double-edged sword. Let's venture into the realm of startup advisory shares, addressing the whys, whos, and how muchs.