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The BEST Answer to ‘How Much Are You Raising?’

The ‘How much are you raising?’ question is a common and important component of investor Q&A. Seasoned founders have a particular way of answering this question. In this Dreamit Dose, Managing Director Adam Dakin presents his view on the right way to answer it after hearing hundreds, if not thousands, of founder pitches.

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How To Answer What's Your Valuation?

The "What’s your valuation?" question is a common component of investor Q/A. You need to be aware of and ready for this tough question from investors. In this Dreamit Dose, Managing Director Adam Dakin reveals the right approach on how to answer the valuation question when pitching VCs.

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Why Investors Say No - Three Startup Pitch Mistakes That Are Easy to Fix

Speaking to investors can require a language of its own. Word choice is important and even the smallest detail can make or break your startup pitch. Adam Dakin, Managing Director of Dreamit Healthtech, sees founders make the same common pitch mistakes over and over. Luckily, he’s a pro when it comes to pitching investors and distills the advice so it’s easy to avoid. In this Dreamit Dose, Adam dives into the language of the pitch and flags three common mistakes you’ll want to avoid.

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Infermedica Raises $10 million Series A for R&D and International Expansion

Today, Infermedica (HT ‘18) announced a $10M Series A financing round for their AI-driven platform that helps insurance, telemedicine companies, and health systems increase efficiency through fast, digital symptom-checks. The platform has nearly 60 B2B partners across 30 countries, including Microsoft, Allianz, Global Excel, Sana Kliniken, and Médis, and has performed more than 6 million health checks globally. Read here.

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TrekIT Health Raises $1M Seed Extension, Hires New Executive Chairman

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.

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EnsoData Raises $9M Series A Financing to Empower Clinicians with Waveform AI

Last week, EnsoData (Healthtech - Spring 2019) announced a $9 million Series A financing round led by Venture Investors and Zetta Venture Partners, with participation from Dreamit Ventures. Their platform transforms billions of waveform data points collected from sensors in medical devices and wearables into an easy-to-read report, so clinicians can make faster, more accurate diagnoses.

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How to CRUSH Your Demo When Pitching

Good founders know the importance of nailing their product demo. While many demo, few excel at it. In this #DreamitDose, Managing Partner Steve Barsh gives founders a simple framework to crush your demo. Along the way, Steve reveals pro tips like how to layer in traction and provides an example of a truly compelling use case.

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How To End Your Pitch with Your Vision

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.

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Startup Equity & Funding: 5 Catastrophic Startup Mistakes

A thoughtful strategic approach to equity structure and allocation is critical for all startups. Yet, over and over again, startups often make avoidable mistakes that can have catastrophic downstream effects. In this #DreamitLive, Managing Director Adam Dakin speaks with Geoff Starr, Partner at Cooley, about five common mistakes and how to avoid them. Geoff has developed great pattern recognition, having counseled hundreds of startups on raising capital and allocating equity.

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10 Crucial Steps to Closing A Round

Fundraising is hard, and it’s critical to have a game-plan and process for raising capital. In this episode, Steve Barsh discusses some strategies that founders can use to close a new round of funding. He talks about how to create momentum, revenue metrics you’ll need to show for seed and Series A funding, what a typical timeline looks like, how to determine the amount of capital you need to raise, and more.

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