Blog tagged as Investors

How to Raise Money Without a Warm Introduction

The fundraising advice that assumes you already know the right people is only useful to the founders who already know the right people. Here is what everyone else can actually do.

Every fundraising guide begins in the same place: get a warm introduction. ...

What GCC Investors Are Actually Evaluating It Is Not Your Deck

The pitch deck gets you the meeting. What happens in the meeting and what the investor sees before and after it is what gets you the term sheet. Here is what GCC investors are actually assessing.

The first investor meeting felt like it had...

The Pitch That Works in Dubai And Why It Is Different From Everywhere Else

Most startup pitching advice was written for a specific type of investor in a specific market. That market is not Dubai. Here is what actually works in the GCC and why the difference matters more than most founders realise.

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