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20 micro-signals VCs use to eliminate founders

Signals are small hints used by investors to make a quick decision about your company. This post lists down all the signals used by VCs and investors to quickly eliminate founders.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | January 9, 2025

The Stages of Startup Funding: From Pre-Seed to IPO

As a founder who is going to be raising capital, it is essential to know what stage your company is in. This post covers all funding stages from boostrapping and pre-seed to seed, Series A series B, and late-stage.

Posted by Shaun Gold | January 6, 2025

Series A explained

This article aims to help you understand everything you need to know about the series A stage: stage, check size, criteria, and more.

Posted by Shaun Gold | January 5, 2025

How to raise funds with OpenVC

New on OpenVC? In 5 min, you will know exactly how to use OpenVC to raise funds for your startup. If you have questions, the answer is probably here.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | January 1, 2025

Why investors don't give honest feedback

Investor feedback is rarely valuable because it's rarely true. When they pass, most investors give a generic, well-rounded reason. "It's not you, it's me" kind of thing. But why is it that way?

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | December 20, 2024

Introducing OVC Ventures: An Investment Syndicate Powered by OpenVC

OpenVC is thrilled to announce the launch of OVC Ventures , an investment syndicate designed to leverage OpenVC’s extensive deal flow to identify and back the most promising startups.

Posted by Harrison Faull Stéphane Nasser | December 3, 2024

13 cold email examples sent to VCs

They are all 100% real, they've all been sent via OpenVC in 2022. These examples are amongst the best we've seen. This is an excellent material to find inspiration when writing your own cold email to investors.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | November 28, 2024

How to design a winning fundraising strategy

Running an tight fundraising process will increase your chances of success while saving you a lot of time and stress. Here's how you can design a winning fundraising strategy for your startup.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | November 19, 2024

How to get warm intros to VCs

Warm intros are the cornerstone of today's fundraising, for better and for worse. So how do you get one intro? Or even 100? This post will tell you everything you need about warm intros to VCs.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | November 14, 2024