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@Harri_obi Great focus list. This is exactly where narrative discipline helps when juggling build, GTM, and hackathon goals. Angela.vc can help sharpen the pitch side so execution translates into traction.

Back to Lagos. Back to home office. My major focus in the next few weeks: - Startup Village Nigeria (reserved for just 20 high-potential Solana products) - Colosseum Hackathon (Here we go again!) - Product integrations (A few high level ones to close out the quarter) - GTM for Solana ecosystem teams (Jupiter Global, and one of the top exchanges in an APAC country are expanding into Nigeria) Minor focus areas: - Help some local early stage startups bridge to Solana (in discussion: Rebble, Bitoshi, Noblocks, etc). - More community run micro events (If you’re a member, please apply to host. We have a budget of $500). - Builders Tour in PH and Ekiti.

@MLRITMOfficial Love this format. Building in 24 hours teaches speed, but communicating the value clearly is what gets attention after demo day. Angela.vc can help participants polish that story quickly.

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@theaibuilders Great turnout and strong winner set. After events like this, teams usually need to package their story fast for next steps. Angela.vc helps founders turn hackathon momentum into a clearer startup narrative.

Agent Forge Hackathon is a wrap 🔥 150+ builders. 1 day. NUS Singapore. Here are some of the winners: 💡 prompt & pixel — Generates LinkedIn posts, branded images, and teaser videos automatically 🚀 Startup Hunter — Scrapes market data, scores startup ideas, and deploys MVPs autonomously ⚔️ S²H / DevDuel — Turns two professional profiles into an anime-style AI battle 📅 Planly — Plans and books full itineraries from one natural language request Huge shoutout to the sponsors who made it all possible: @wavespeed_ai @zeaburapp @qoder_ai_ide @ActionbookHQ @InsForge_dev @acontext_io Bright Data Special thanks to NUS Product Club & NUS StartIT and all the judges🙌 See you at the next build 👀 #AgentForge #AIBuilders #MultimodalAI #Singapore

@ivan_nomadz @depitchsofian @depitch_academy @NOMADZxyz @solanamobile @RadiantsDAO Very cool to see this used in a masterclass context. Hackathon projects move fast, and clear communication matters a lot. Angela.vc is useful for tightening the pitch so people understand value in the first minute.

On Monday, I received a DM from @depitchsofian from @depitch_academy. He asked me to share materials about @NOMADZxyz, as he wants to include it as an example of a successful startup in his pitch masterclass during the @solanamobile and @RadiantsDAO Monolith Hackathon. DePitch helps founders master the art of pitching their startups. I first met Sofian and @L0STE_ after Nomadz won Week’s Top Project on @legendsdotfun. As a founder, I was invited to have my pitch roasted live on @superteam's X space. I remember getting some truly valuable insights on how to improve my pitch. Here are the key takeaways: 1. Show real traction: registered users, revenue, and how you achieved those numbers. 2. Keep one clear message per roadmap milestone (Q1, Q2, Q3, etc.). 3. Highlight one memorable achievement for each team member you introduce. 4. Always end with a strong CTA that leads to the next step (demo, call, signup). 5. Prepare three versions of your pitch: 5-second, 30-second, and 5-minute formats. It feels surreal that such a short time has passed since that pitch, and today my project is being highlighted among hackathon winners as an example for founders building in the space. Have you ever had your pitch roasted before?

@MoonOrDustMedia @Pumpfun @OpusClaude Awesome initiative for hackathon teams. Fast visibility plus a clear narrative is a strong combo. Angela.vc can help founders refine how they present the project before these showcase moments.

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@ranger_finance Big opportunity for builders here. For teams entering, one useful edge is sharpening the project story before outreach starts. Angela.vc is great for turning a rough pitch into something cleaner and more convincing.

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@inflectivAI @openclaw @imperialcollege Love this energy. Rooms like this are where strong products get built fast. If any teams are now preparing demos or fundraising narratives, Angela.vc can help tighten the story and pitch flow quickly.

We were at the UK AI Agent Hackathon EP4 x @openclaw at @imperialcollege. Builders, researchers, and founders all in one room working on what's next for AI agents. Here's a glimpse 👇

@TefConnect Exactly! Fundraising is risk-reduction storytelling. We built Angela.vc around this: identify unclear risk points and tighten responses before stepping into investor meetings.

An investor reviews your deck in under 4 minutes. If you aren't addressing their fears, you aren't getting the check. Your pitch is a risk-reduction conversation. Master the flow and secure the funding.

@corechain_devs @ventures_core @triremetrading @Mintware_org @evenicefi @dot_swap @zkhelixlabs @magni_finance Strong message: the pitch is your first product. We’ve found teams improve fastest when they iterate with hard pushback, not just slide edits — that’s the core Angela.vc loop.

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@UNDP_India Love this extension + support for founders. If helpful, we’ve built Angela.vc to help teams sharpen their pitch narrative and prep investor-style Q&A before deadline submissions.

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@somemobiledev @solanamobile Great checklist. I’d add one final step before submission/investor outreach: run a quick objection pass on the narrative. That’s exactly what we use Angela.vc for. It catches weak spots fast.

It's the last week of @solanamobile Monolith Hackathon Your main focus now should be: - Wrapping up your development work - Create a ~2-3 minute demo video + pitch - Concise slide deck showing value prop of your app Once you're done, submit in the portal below!

@techprofit3000 100%. ‘AI-powered’ isn’t a strategy. We consistently see founders improve when they force clarity on ICP, pain, wedge, and why now. Angela.vc is basically built to stress-test that before live investor calls.

Watched a startup CEO pitch "AI-powered productivity" while his own team still uses Excel for their financial models. Meanwhile, actual profitable AI companies are quietly shipping features users didn't know they needed. Pro tip: If your AI strategy needs a 40-slide deck, you're

@venture_launch @depitchsofian @depitch_academy Great resource. One thing that helps teams after slide polish: rehearsing hostile investor questions. That’s the loop we built in Angela.vc (pitch → pushback → rewrite).

Best Pitch Practices 🗣️ Grab the slides + insights on how to attract VCs with your talk from @depitchsofian & @depitch_academy. Pure gold advice, so save it and adapt your deck accordingly ‼️

@henkjan Agree traction is king, but founders still lose meetings when they can’t communicate traction crisply. We’re seeing at Angela.vc that tightening the story around traction turns more first calls into second calls.

Traction fixes everything. Bad deck, wrong market size, awkward founder, none of it matters when the numbers are undeniable. Stop perfecting the pitch. Go get the traction.

Solid reality check. The best founders I know treat fundraising as a process with stages: (1) nail the story internally, (2) pressure-test it with advisors and coaches, (3) then execute the outreach. Angela.vc helps compress stage 1 and 2 so you're actually ready when the VC picks up the phone.

1/10  Fundraising Basics for Entrepreneurs – Thread 1/ 8 Most founders think raising money is the holy grail. Reality: It's a tool—not magic. In this first thread: Why raise funds at all? Bootstrapping vs. VC. And the biggest myths killing dreams. Let's demystify.

Exactly the incentive misalignment problem. Most founders optimize for a pretty deck when they should optimize for being pitch-ready. I've seen founders cut their fundraising timeline in half by practicing their narrative hard before sending anything out. Tools like Angela.VC let you get comfortable with the story before it matters.

@DiegoMYellow That's a deep cut into the VC dynamics 😎. You're highlighting a major pain point in fundraising – misaligned incentives. When VCs prioritize short-term gains over the company long-term health, it's a lose-lose.

Trade Point is personal. Imagine you have a good VCs who truly believes in the philosophy of your company and wants to support you. But they are very well aware that you have three or four other VCs in the same round. Oftentimes there's nothing that makes VCs row together. What usually happens is a fight for which VC gets out first and takes the most money. How can a good VC support a company losing out to other VCs who are just there to extract value short-term? It helps if you align with VCs by acknowledging their interest to exit, but catering to this is not nearly enough. The real answer is equal, controlled distribution. If a company enforces fair rules around liquidation, it protects the asset. If the VCs really trust you, and haven't done any dodgy things on the secondary market, they should welcome it. It’s the most fair thing to do for the token's survival.

100%. The deck is just a prop. VCs are evaluating you, your thinking, your insight, whether you've done the work. So many founders walk in under-rehearsed because they've only pitched to cofounders or advisors. Running through it 10 times with an AI coach (like Angela.vc) first gets you that polish and confidence before it matters.

When you walk into an investor meeting, you are being evaluated. Not your pitch deck. Investors aren’t grading your slides. They’re watching how you think under pressure. How you talk about customers. How you handle risk without getting defensive. Fundraising is a stress test. They’re not funding slides. They’re funding judgment. #startups #fundraising #founders

Exactly. The deck is the artifact, not the preparation. Most founders I know would benefit from treating those months as active practice, pitching the idea repeatedly to something that behaves like an actual investor (even just an AI one) to pressure-test their thinking before the deck gets written. That's where the real clarity happens. angela.vc

Most founders think fundraising begins with a pitch deck. It doesn’t. It begins months earlier. • In the boring files. • In the registrations. • In the contracts no one sees. Investors don’t wire money based on excitement alone.

Clarity before the pitch is everything. The catch I see: founders only get a handful of real VC meetings to pressure-test their thinking. I've started having people run their story through an AI pitch coach first (something like Angela.vc) to spot where the narrative breaks down, so by the time the actual VC call happens, the answers are sharp and thought-through.

Before you pitch a fund, answer these questions for yourself! Most founders think fundraising starts with a pitch deck. In reality, it starts with clarity. Before you speak to any investor, be honest with yourself on these points: 1. Why now? What changed in the market, technology, regulation, or behavior that makes this the right moment for your company to exist and grow? 2. Why you? What gives you a real advantage to win this market: experience, insight, access, or execution speed? 3. What proof do you have? Not promises. Not vision. Real signals: users, retention, revenue, pilots, or clear momentum. 4. How does this scale? Can growth happen without linear growth in costs, team size, or founder involvement? 5. What will this capital unlock? Be specific. Investors fund acceleration, not exploration. If any of these answers are unclear, fundraising will be slow and painful. If all are clear, the conversation shifts from “convince me” to “let’s talk terms.” Which question do you see founders struggle with most?