OpenVC Blog

OpenVC 2.1.4 is live!

Discover the new features, fixes, and improvements we just released on OpenVC in February 2025.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser Lucas Roquilly | February 24, 2025

How to Plan & Negotiate Your Startup Exit

I sold my startup for $780M. Here are the insights I wish I had known, read, heard while I was still building.

Posted by Zain Jaffer | February 23, 2025

The best startup pitch deck ever built

What does the perfect pitch deck look like? Well, we built it. We took the absolute best slides, we put the together, and we created a deck that no investor could pass - ever.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | February 22, 2025

Market Slide Pitch Deck Best Practices and Examples

Craft a market slide that highlights your startup’s growth potential with data on market size, trends, and emerging opportunities investors care about.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | February 22, 2025

Fabrice Grinda: Built $3B+ OLX , $200M+ Zingy, and Angel Investor in 300+ Startups 🚀

This is episode 18 of The OpenVC Podcast. In this episode, Fabrice Grinda, co-founder of OLX ($3B+ valuation) and FJ Labs (900+ active investments), takes us through his wild journey from building and exiting billion-dollar companies to becoming one of the most active angel investors in the world.

Posted by Harrison Faull Fabrice Grinda | February 16, 2025

Going from 0 to 1 in Fundraising

Here are tips I’ve collected from the venture capital community to demystify what investors are looking for when considering early-stage investments.

Posted by Kim Blomquist | February 15, 2025

Pitch deck for startups - 9 templates compared

Here's our list of the absolute best 9 templates of pitch decks for startup founders. Most of what you find online - both free and paid - sucks. So we tested them all and produced a detailed benchmark for you.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | February 14, 2025

How to raise money for a startup: 14 steps to fundraising

Are you about to raise funds for your startup? Bookmark this post. This is your official cheat sheet for funding! If you follow this checklist, you will avoid all the common mistakes. And you may even find fundraising a fun experience.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | February 7, 2025

How to negotiate with VCs

Here are some not-so-obvious insights about VCs, their incentives, their goals that will help you get better deals with the investors you choose to work with.

Posted by Steph Mui | February 6, 2025