The coronavirus effect is rippling throughout the startup world. Not only it has major disruptions in public markets, leading corporations to pull out of conferences and delay travel, but it is also now impacting startup fundraising.
In China, VC investments dropped more than 30% year over year. Our prediction for Silicon Valley will likely follow a similar pattern in China with a sharp drop in the number of investments and reduced funding this coming 6 months. For the month of March 2020, US VC funding already dropped more than 26% year over year.
Come to this discussion and learn:
- How to identify the right investors?
- What makes a perfect pitch?
- What are investors looking for?
- Dos and Don'ts in approaching investors
- Dos and Don'ts with pitching over Zoom
- Dos and Don'ts in following up with investors
- What if no one wants to invest?