Ever wonder why so many of your cold emails to investors and potential customers go unanswered? It’s no surprise, everyone’s inbox is overflowing and most people who get a cold email just ignore it. In this Dose, Steve Barsh, Managing Partner at Dreamit Ventures, shares his pro tips on how to perfectly craft a cold email to investors and prospects.

Ready to answer VC questions like a pro? In this Dose, Mike Ravenscroft, Startup Success Manager at Dreamit Ventures, gives you 5 common mistakes to avoid in order to tighten up your answers to VC and customer questions. Get the art of answering investor and customer questions in a short 6-minute Dreamit Dose!

We see so many startups struggle to raise a round. They think they’re doing everything correctly when they pitch, but there’s a subtle yet critical flaw -- they’re pitching, but not telling a compelling and believable “story.”

The venture capital screening call is an important step to get right in due diligence. To get to partners, often you’ll have to go through the associate first. In this Dreamit Dose, associates Alana Hill and Elliot Levy offer five things they wish founders knew after screening over 1,000 startups in the last year.

Most VC investors see hundreds, if not thousands, of startup decks and pitches each year. In this article, we’ll outline Managing Partner Steve Barsh’s top 5 things investors wish startup founders knew when reaching out, sending a deck, or pitching a VC.

Are you pitching over Zoom? Avoid these common virtual pitch mistakes founders often make. In this Dreamit Dose, Adam Dakin (MD of Dreamit Healthtech) offers a couple of simple rules that have come to light watching founders pitch virtually during the pandemic. These are easy to fix if you follow this guide.

TrekIT Health (HT- ‘18) announced closing $1M in additional seed financing. TrekIt’s technology is a HIPAA compliant and secure, real-time workspace for synthesizing information across EHRs and care teams. Clinicians love TrekIT because of its intuitive and predictive interface which serves as a cure for disjointed information systems and a replacement for paper task lists. Read more.

Use this formula to determine the appropriate amount of funding for your investor ask. This framework helps founders position their fundraising targets and avoid red flags with investors.

Before you can deliver a bulls*** free pitch, you must know what red flags to avoid. There are several instant indicators that will immediately cause you to lose credibility with investors and prospective customers. We go over them and tell you how to avoid them here.

Early-stage investors will probably ask you about your exit strategy. Don’t fall into the traps of thinking small or leaving the party too early. You’re building the right venture for the right reasons so use exit as an opportunity to let that shine.

Getting investors excited about your product is a critical part of raising capital. But founders are often so consumed with talking metrics, milestones achieved, or the capital they need that they sometimes forget to talk about their overarching vision for their startups. In this article, we provide some strategies for selling investors on your vision for your startup.

In a recent interview with First Round, New York-based investor Kevin Ryan discussed some fundraising strategies that he has picked up over the years. Here are a few of his recommendations for founders.