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Female Foundry Newsletter Week 62 is here! 🔥🔥🔥 femalefoundry.substack.com/p/female-found… In it: VCs retreat to basics. Timing is everything. How to sell your competition. Skin in an emerging manager’s game. Building companies with social impact.

Female Foundry Newsletter Week 61 is here! 🔥🔥🔥 femalefoundry.substack.com/p/female-found… In it: The hidden truths of the tech money machine. Don’t let your cap table bring you down. Let's talk treasury. Late-stage startups zoom on cash. Latitude59.

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$42B withdrawn from SVB yesterday (close to 25% of the total) Anyone have an estimate of tangible assets vs deposits yesterday?

Looking forward to the tweets from the VCs who sparked this bank run congratulating themselves on their prescience.

Female Foundry Newsletter Week 59 is here! 🔥🔥🔥 femalefoundry.substack.com/p/female-found… In it: Tick, tock, options clock. Is debt right for you? Prioritising growth while fundraising. When will we get back to old valuations? Concentrated portfolio vs market index.

Female Foundry Newsletter Week 58 is here! 🔥🔥🔥 femalefoundry.substack.com/p/female-found… In it: Global venture fundraising hits nine-year low. Tools for growth while low on cash. Getting your pricing right. Should market momentum determine valuation? Alpha Wolves Summit.

@jefielding I see, thank you, @jefielding!

@leliwanowicka I’m one of the most active pre seed investors around, research is real time conversations and what I’m seeing on the ground today.

Pre-seed Safe rounds without a real (majority) lead are pricing 20-25% higher than the VC priced rounds. This is giving me pause as a first check investor who loves getting in early on quick / small Safe rounds. I’ve never seen this trend so clearly as right now…

The rise of zombie funds and the slippery slope of liquidation prefs from your friends @femalefoundry 🧟‍♂️⛷️ femalefoundry.substack.com/p/female-found…

Female Foundry Newsletter Week 56 is here! 🔥🔥🔥 femalefoundry.substack.com/p/female-found… In it: Everyone wants to be.. an accelerator. Investor checklist. How to manage your first investor call. January Roundup. Secondaries are flooding the market.

@unbundledvc @Jimmytee @MobiliseCare @femalefoundry It was great to meet you, Marc!

#TodayI Posted about how I grew @unbundledvc's follower list. Took the kids to school. Was pitched by Tom Harding of nemo. Shared @Jimmytee of @MobiliseCare's video pitch. Chatted with @leliwanowicka of @femalefoundry.

Female Foundry Newsletter Week 54 is here! 🔥🔥🔥 femalefoundry.substack.com/p/female-found… In it: ChatGPT is eating the world. The short-lived story of a deck. Managing the temptations of pre-emptive deals. LPs get ESG-focused. FCA tightens promotion rules.

Female Foundry Week 53 IS HERE! 🔥🔥 Rising wave of M&A. Why your “why” matters. Building investor pipeline. VC management fee model loosens up. How long do startups last? femalefoundry.substack.com/p/female-found… #fundraising #femalefounders #venturecapital #femalefoundry

Listed: the most active investors at Series A in Europe in 2022 sifted.eu/articles/europ…

Week 52 of the Female Foundry Newsletter is here 🔥🔥 lnkd.in/eP8hXRtJ In the shadow of the dry powder mountain. Metrics VCs care about. What is activation rate. New SEC rule adds pressure on VCs. #venturecapital #fundraising #femalefounders #newsletter #femalefoundry

54 Investors that accept cold pitches. They either have an apply button on their website, or messaging to say they want to hear from you. twitter.com/i/lists/161041…

42 Firms led by past and present, Techstars managing directors, partners, or founders. twitter.com/i/lists/136494…

An unorganized list of 190 VC funds. Tier 1, to just launched, anytime I see an announcement or ventures, capital, or fund, in the bio, I add them here. twitter.com/i/lists/130441…

Female Foundry Week 51 is here 🔥🔥🔥 femalefoundry.substack.com/p/female-found… Female Foundry Week 51: The case for Generative AI. Splitting equity among founders. How early VC valuations work. Private & public return gap widens. The shift in growth equity mindset.IPEM. #VentureCapital #startups