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A Deck for Raising $6.5M, Term Sheet Essentials, and the Best Five-Word Pitches
A newsletter for founders & friends (24th edition)
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Welcome to the 24th edition of Re:VITALIZE, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus cool things weāre seeing in the future of work.
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š„ A Pitch Deck for Raising $6.5M
Iām fired up to share that Heyday raised a $6.5M Seed led by @kevinthau@sparkcapital
Weāre sharing our pitch deck as a resource for founders trying to raise in this environment š
— Sam DeBrule (@SamDeBrule)
Jun 28, 2022
š„ What to Know About Term Sheets
š§µ1/ Calling all founders and early-stage fund managers. Funding is changing and one thing I'm starting to see more and more are harsher terms in early-stage term sheets that weren't used as often in previous years but I think you might want to be aware of and understand
— MacTheVC.eth (@MacConwell)
Jun 24, 2022
š„ The Best Five-Word Startup Pitches
I tweeted this and got 1,000+ responses š¤Æ. Thank you to everyone who took the time to write a response! Here are 10 of my favorites:Ā
Easy button for construction permits. Permits.com
— Ray Antonino (@raynino)
Jun 29, 2022
@camberapp: finding places with familiar faces šŗļø
— Mady Maio (@madyrosemaio)
Jun 29, 2022
On-demand, vetted student workforce.
— Leah Jewell (@LeahJewell1)
Jun 30, 2022
@rhizmarket: The blue-collar LinkedIn
— Stu Campbell (@RhizAboveIt)
Jun 29, 2022
Alcohol-free cocktails for everyone. āØ @drinkjas
— Cecilia Rios Murrieta (@ceciriosm)
Jun 29, 2022
Fractional operations for inclusive companies
— Arlan šš¾ (@ArlanWasHere)
Jun 29, 2022
First-hand advice from alumni! š
— Sneha Saigal (@saigalsn)
Jun 29, 2022
Gym membership for content creators.
— Will Toms (@TheWillToms)
Jun 30, 2022
create code without knowing how
— DJ (@mostlydj)
Jun 29, 2022
Resources
9 Essentials of Raising VC Money
Sketch notes from ConvertKitās Craft + Commerce creator conference
30 resources to help you find and attract amazing talent
The path to $1.5M ARR in 3 years
A tool for how to split startup equity
Future of Work Reads
The Future of Work, According to Beyonce and Mick Jagger (Bloomberg)
Future of Work Week (CoinDesk)
How Upskilling Can Drive Employee And Business Growth (Forbes)
Making the Future of Work More Inclusive (Nasdaq)
Why workplace technologies must be beneficial to both employers and employees (World Economic Forum)
The World of VITALIZE
This week on The VITALIZE PodcastĀ we had on Mariam Hakobyan, Co-Founder & CEO of Softr, the easiest no-code platform for building custom apps and portals, in minutes.
Watch on YouTube
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify
Gale hosted her second āAngel Investing Playbookā webinar with more than 300 attendees between the two webinars
Swati Garg, Founder & CEO of Melo Associates, did a fantastic AMA for our VITALIZE Angels community
Open jobs at Vitalize portfolio companies
Future of Work Funding Rounds
Gloat raised a $90M Series D
Gloat is an internal talent marketplace that allows people to be matched to internal career opportunities.
Top Investors: Lumir Ventures, Accel, Generation Investment Management, Eight Roads Ventures, Intel Capital
PicnicHealth raised a $60M Series C
PicnicHealth turns medical records into datasets that can be used for R&D by developers of medical products.
Top Investors: B Capital Group, Y Combinator, Amplify Partners, StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund), Felicis Ventures
Evinced raised a $37.5M Series B
Evinced is a startup that builds tools to check website accessibility.
Top Investors: Insight Partners, Capital One Ventures, Benhamou Global Ventures, Engineering Capital, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund
Kogniz raised a $10M Series A
Kogniz offers leverages computer vision and artificial intelligence to create safer, smarter workspaces using predictive safety.
Top Investors: The Indy Fund, Ulu Ventures, super{set}, H. Barton Asset Management, Tom Chavez
AI Squared raised a $6M Seed
AI Squared is a low-code platform that easily integrates AI into business applications.
Top Investors: NEA, Ridgeline Partners
Written byĀ Justin Gordon, Director of Marketing atĀ VITALIZE, a venture capital firm and 300+ memberĀ angel investing community for everyoneĀ investing in U.S.-based B2B software founders in the work revolution.Ā Find us onĀ Twitter,Ā LinkedIn, andĀ YouTube.