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AI Meets Your Investor Updates

Visible AI automatically turns your Request answers into an Update that you can use to share with other investors and stakeholders. Learn more about Visible AI and how you can leverage it with your Visible account below: How it Works Visible AI is available to founders who are completing Visible Data Requests from their investors.  Using the metrics and qualitative answers from a Data Request, we will add context and build charts to turn the information into a Visible Update that can be shared with other investors and stakeholders. Visible AI Update Example Using the qualitative answers and data included in your Request, we’ll help you turn the response into an Update using the following logic:  “{Company Name} Investor Update” — For example, “Acme Co Investor Update” In order to…

[Webinar] A Deep Dive of OpenView’s 2023 SaaS Benchmarks Survey

OpenView Ventures is back with their annual SaaS Benchmarks Survey & Report. Join us and Kyle Poyar of OpenView as we take a deeper look at the data and takeaways from the 2023 report. Save Your Spot Join us on November 9th as we take a deeper look at the 2023 OpenView Ventures SaaS Benchmark Survey with Kyle Poyar. Kyle is an Operating Partner where he helps portfolio companies fuel growth and become market leaders. He specializes in monetization, product-led growth (PLG), and SaaS metrics. A few topics you can expect us to hit on: SaaS Pricing Models Churn benchmarks AI adoption Financial performance Even if you can’t make the scheduled time, register anyway — we’ll send the recording to anyone who registers. We hope to see you there! Save…

How to Build a Strong Investor Relations Strategy

Raise capital, update investors and engage your team from a single platform. Try Visible free for 14 days. Quick Navigation What is an investor relations strategy? Challenges in investor relations Why an investor relations strategy is crucial for startups Essential components of an investor relations strategy Maximize your investor relations strategy with Visible Startup founders are responsible for many duties. — from hiring top talent, building and selling a product, fundraising, communicating with stakeholders, and everything in between.  Founders often get pulled in many directions so overlooking certain roles or duties can be easy. When done right, an investor relations strategy can take up little time every month and pay off with added help with hiring, fundraising, strategy, and more.  Related Resource: Investor Relationship Management 101 Learn how to get…

The Most Common Update Content Blocks

Best-in-class founders use investor updates to help with hiring, fundraising, strategy, and more. To help understand what is included in their Updates, we took a look at our own data. We recently launched Content Blocks for Updates. Content Blocks allow you to pick different text sections to build out an investor update template. The following have been the most commonly used Content Blocks: 81% of Updates include “Highlights” 47% of Updates include a “Team” section 42% of Updates include “Product Launches” 42% of Updates include a “KPIs” section 39% of Updates include a “Fundraising” section At the end of the day, sending investor updates on a regular basis is what matters most. Every business is different so be sure to use the content and data that is most relevant to your…

9 Active Venture Capital Firms in Israel

Raise capital, update investors and engage your team from a single platform. Try Visible free for 14 days. Quick Navigation Altair Capital Pitango Venture Capital Vertex Ventures Jerusalem Venture Partners Grove Ventures Viola Ventures Entrée Capital Magma Venture Partners Cardumen Capital Join Visible and connect with the right investors for your business At Visible, we oftentimes compare a venture fundraise to a traditional B2B sales and marketing funnel.  At the top of the funnel, you are finding potential investors via cold outreach and warm introductions. In the middle of the funnel, you are nurturing potential investors with meetings, pitch decks, updates, and other communications. At the bottom of the funnel, you are working through due diligence and hopefully closing new investors.  Related Resource: A Quick Overview on VC Fund Structure…

Advisory Shares Explained: Empowering Entrepreneurs and Investors

Raise capital, update investors and engage your team from a single platform. Try Visible free for 14 days. Quick Navigation What Are Advisory Shares? Advisor Shares vs. Regular Shares (or Equity) How Do Advisory Shares Work? Benefits of Advisory Shares Drawbacks of Advisory Shares The 2 Variations of Advisory Shares Who Gets to Issue Advisory Shares? Let Visible Help You Streamline the Investment Management Process Managing company equity is a crucial part of a founder’s job duty. In the early days of building a business, chances are there will be countless advisors, investors, peers, etc. that help a business. However, most early stage businesses do not have the cashflow to compensate every advisor along the way. Founders need to get crafty with how they compensate their earliest advisors and experts…

7 Prominent Venture Capital Firms in Brazil

Raise capital, update investors and engage your team from a single platform. Try Visible free for 14 days. Quick Navigation Bossanova Investimentos Redpoint eventures Canary Monashees Quona Capital Valor Capital Astella Investimentos Elevate your investor outreach with Visible At Visible, we oftentimes compare a venture fundraise to a traditional B2B sales and marketing funnel.  At the top of the funnel, you are finding potential investors via cold outreach and warm introductions. In the middle of the funnel, you are nurturing potential investors with meetings, pitch decks, updates, and other communications. At the bottom of the funnel, you are working through due diligence and hopefully closing new investors.  Related Resource: The Understandable Guide to Startup Funding Stages Just as a sales and marketing funnel starts by finding the right leads, the…

10 Venture Capital Firms in Canada Leading the Future of Innovation

Raise capital, update investors, and engage your team from a single platform. Try Visible free for 14 days. Quick Navigation 1. BDC Ventures 2. Golden Ventures 3. Inovia Capital 4. BlueSky Equities 5. ArcTern Ventures 6. Relay Ventures 7. Alate Partners 8. Real Ventures 9. Georgian 10. Panache Ventures Maximize your fundraising impact with Visible At Visible, we typically compare a venture fundraise to a traditional B2B sales and marketing funnel. At the top of the funnel, you are finding potential investors via cold outreach and warm introductions. In the middle of the funnel, you are nurturing potential investors with meetings, pitch decks, updates, and other communications. At the bottom of the funnel, you are working through due diligence and hopefully closing new investors.  Like sales, a healthy fundraising funnel…

Unleashing the Potential: Exploring the Growing Venture Capital Scene in Japan

Raise capital, update investors and engage your team from a single platform. Try Visible free for 14 days. Quick Navigation Genesia Ventures Global Brain Monozukuri Ventures D4V BGV Sozo Ventures Beenext Looking for Investors? Try Visible Today! Fundraising is difficult. Building a process and system to attract and close investors can help move a fundraise along. At Visible, we often compare a venture fundraise process to a traditional B2B sales and marketing funnel.  At the top of a fundraising funnel you need to find the right investors for your business. Like identifying a qualified lead for sales and marketing, you need to define the investor that is a fit for your business. In the middle of the fundraising funnel you need to nurture potential investors with meetings, emails, pitch decks,…

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