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We want to admit folks who have their skin in the game, who are serious about getting their hands dirty and build something investable in a limited timespan. There are 1,000s of videos online to procrastinate about entrepreneurship but if you want to build something great, they won’t help you in doing so. We charge a small commitment fee to make sure you’re serious and won’t let your team down at any cost. We are charging just 1999/-  + GST, which is not more than what we spend for a weekend dinner.

It’s never too early to reach out, but it can be too late. We don’t see divisions between angel, seed and pre-seed — we’re interested across the board and find that founders’ needs are the same early on. In fact, most of our  companies came to us when they were a couple people and an idea, having raised no capital before they met us. So, even if you don’t think you’re ready, we’d still like to get to know you. Maybe we can even help in the meantime.

Unfortunately, we’re  Focused on First Round . If you’re raising your second, third or fourth round, consider other  great VCs .

The answer vary from company to company, but there are some basic steps everyone goes through. While we often try to move at the pace of the founder, an important rule applies: the less time we have to make a decision, the more conviction we have to feel about a company. Sometimes we spend months developing a relationship (which, honestly, we prefer). Sometimes we move from intro to close in under a week. Generally speaking, here’s what you can expect:

1. Initial meeting: In advance of an initial meeting, we’ll look at any materials sent by the founder, determine whether the business fits our basic investment criteria, and try to ensure it’s not directly competitive with any of our existing investments. Your first meeting (or phone call) with a member of the investment team will typically be between 45 minutes to an hour. We let the founder do most of the talking, and hope they use the opportunity to dig into the specifics of their team and business.
2. Second meeting: Most of our “passes” occur after the initial meeting.  If you’ve made it past that meeting, you’ll spend more time with your First Round point partner as we both continue to learn more about each other. This is our chance to focus in on particular areas of the business where we have questions — and for founders to ask us more about First Round, what working with us is like, and what they could expect as a member of our community. Here we also provide  feed back and support for your journey. 
3. Follow-up: Our partnership makes all decisions as a team. So, we often introduce promising founders to another First Round partner for an additional conversation. We often like to introduce the founder to the partner who has the “most skepticism” about the company at this point – as it ensures that all questions are addressed and gives us the ability to probe more deeply into the core assumptions of the business for an hour.
4. Partner meeting: If these conversations go well for both of us, we’ll typically make some reference/diligence calls and invite you to meet with the rest of the partners at our twice-weekly investment meeting. Here, you’ll have about an hour to tell your story to the entire partners and answer questions. Typically, we fund about half of the companies that make it to our partner meeting.
5. Final Decision: After your presentation, our partners will discuss your company in great detail with the goal to give you a final answer usually within 24 hours of the meeting.

No. Unlike some traditional venture funds who need 20 to 25% ownership requirements, we don’t. We like to own enough of the company to make sure that we can dedicate meaningful time and resources to helping you build. Our ideal ownership is roughly 10% after your seed round.

No. we won’t sign an NDA.   

The biggest factor in our decision-making is always the founding team. How innovative, resourceful and resilient are you? What’s your superpower? Why are you going to be the ones to prevail where others won’t? What in your history shows that you thrive off the beaten path? Of course, we evaluate product and market too, but to be honest, we mostly look at that to evaluate the strength of founders too. Looking at what you’ve done already for this company — and before in your career — gives us a record of hundreds if not thousands of decisions you’ve made to get you where you are today. And that’s what success lives or dies on in this industry: the ability for founders to make really quick, good decisions. We want to understand how you do it, and we give that a lot of weight.

We don’t recommend it. You should pick your favorite idea and apply with that one.

Sure, you can apply.  you will be getting legal support,  statergy building, consultation and also a push from our side. 

Yes. We regularly accept solo founders. 

Nope

Not refundable.