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20 VC 052: How To Make The Leap From Seed To Series A with Ari Helgason @ Dawn Capital

20 VC 052: How To Make The Leap From Seed To Series A with Ari Helgason @ Dawn Capital

FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch


20 VC 052: How To Make The Leap From Seed To Series A with Ari Helgason @ Dawn Capital

FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

ratings:
Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jul 8, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ari Helgason is a VC at Dawn Capital in London and a former entrepreneur with operational experience in both London and New York. Prior to Dawn, Ari founded SaaS sales and workflow management system World on a Hanger and ecommerce clothing marketplace Fabricly.com. More recently, he launched ecommerce sites for fashion and luxury brands in London and New York. Ari is an alumnus of the Y Combinator startup accelerator and he regularly visits Silicon Valley where he has extensive relationships.
In Today's Episode You Will Learn:

How Ari made his move into the VC scene?
Why Ari decided to bootstrap his first business?
Does Ari believe that Founders should always be fundraising?
Should Founders take more money than they need, 'a war chest'?
What type of goals do VCs want to see from founders?
What do investors expect from startups at Series A?
How can founders learn what KPI's make sense for their business?
How can founders know when is the right time to fundraise?
How can startup founders get their foot in the VC door?

Items Mentioned in Today's Episode:

Predictable Revenue: Aaron Ross (Mandatory Reading for All SaaS CEO's)
Elon Musk: How The Billionaire of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping Our Future
Saastr by Jason Lemkin
AVC.com

As always you can follow Harry, Ari and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here!
Released:
Jul 8, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Twenty Minute VC takes you inside the world of Venture Capital, Startup Funding and The Pitch. Join our host, Harry Stebbings and discover how you can attain funding for your business by listening to what the most prominent investors are directly looking for in startups, providing easily actionable tips and tricks that can be put in place to increase your chances of getting funded. Although, you may not want to raise funding for a startup. The Twenty Minute VC also provides an instructional guide as to what it takes to get employed in the Venture Capital industry, with VCs giving specific advice on how to get noticed from the crowd and increasing your chances of employment. If that wasn't enough our amazing Venture Capitalists also provide their analysis of the current technology market, providing advice and suggestions on the latest investing trends and predictions. Join us so you can see how you can get BIG, powerful improvements, fast. Would you like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC, head on over to www.thetwentyminutevc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes, resources and a more detailed analysis of the technology and Venture Capital industry.