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This 18-Slide Pitch Just Landed Payment Startup Dwolla

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Alyson Shontell Apr. 30, 2013, 2:02 PM

Dwolla, a startup that makes it

easy and cheap for businesses
to collect payments, just raised
a $16.5 million Series C round.
The company charges $0.25 per
transaction, not a percentage
like credit card companies, and
it has processed more than $1 The Dwolla team. CEO Ben Milne is in the
billion to date. middle with the computer. Dwolla/Anna
Jones

Top VC firm Andreessen Horowitz is a new investor. Union Square

Ventures, Thrive Capital and Ashton Kutcher are also investors.

How does a startup convince VCs to give it $16.5 million?

It usually starts with a PowerPoint presentation. Pitch decks are

essential fundraising tools, whether a founder is after $500,000 or
$50 million.

Here's what Dwolla used to get millions of dollars from investors.

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