A very recent review of pitch deck has the following challenges and obviously I will call them out as opportunities to learn.
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Founder and Co founder happen to be a father and son duo – mostly it’s mom and pop shop where funding efforts become difficult.
Avoid such combinations - Getting little funding from prominent and popular investors does not make funding efforts easy.
Get away from that myth. - Higher initial dilution against little funding from popular investors harm future cap table especially on promoter holding.
Similulate cap table till series A before any dilution. - Taking money on deemed valuation without proper valuation exercise further challenge the future funding discussion.
Valuation exercise at every level of funding is key to build funding roadmap. - A well laid go to market strategy with finite funding ask will lead to funding prospects.
Stay focused on the linkages of sales targets against finite funding for achieving a valuation destination.
