When

January 28, 2025    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Are you tired of the emotional storytelling, beautification of decks and practicing 100s of verbal pitches??? Let me help you rationally understand what investors are looking for in a pitch and how you optimize your pitch flow, content and narrative depending on the investor type and the stage of interaction with the investors… 

  1. Pitch deck – When and which format to share 
  2. Why is Storytelling important? 
  3. How to build a Pitch deck? 
  4. Examples of Pitch decks – Good, Bad, Ugly 

Information on the Speaker:

Gaurav Bansal

Investment Readiness / Fundraising from Angel Investors & Venture Capital Funds for startups & scale-ups 

Gaurav is a global Tech investor & Advisor (50+ tech startup / scale-up investments). He brings in a diverse background across finance and technology having previously managed funds for Family Office / Venture Capital Funds (35+ tech startup portfolio in 10 countries), executed investment banking IPO / Private Equity deals worth ~US$2Bn and worked in technology consulting (business intelligence). He is an engineer in Electronics & Telecommunication, with an MBA in Finance, and also holds a certificate in Artificial Intelligence from Kellogg, US. 

Gaurav is the founder of AMG Venture Partners. He manages his own Family portfolio and works as a fundraising / investment readiness expert / coach across the US, Canada and LATAM markets. He assists founders on everything investment readiness / fundraising with practical market insights and execution playbooks to prepare them to raise capital from angel investors, Venture Capital Funds & Family Offices. 

Gaurav loves to travel (12+ countries), has worked across North America, Asia and Eu/UK markets and has a big network of investors (angel investors / Venture Capital Funds), founders (quality deal-flow) and senior industry veterans (subject matter experts). 

Expertise: 

  • Fundraising material / Investor Kit – email teaser, pitch deck, financial projections / modeling, dataroom, verbal pitch practice, investor CRM, dataroom, etc. 
  • Fundraising dynamics – Valuation, Funding Ask, Runway, Target business milestone / KPIs, Equity Dilution, Cap Table simulation, etc. 
  • Legal Investment Documents – Data Room, investment instruments (SAFE, Convertible, Priced, Round), term sheet clauses, negotiating investment terms, etc. 
  • Investor Outreach & Q&A – Apt target investor profiling, finding and reaching out to investors, navigating investor meetings, addressing investor Q&A, etc. 

 Join us:
When: Tuesday January 28th 
Where:  Virtual
Time: 12pm-1pm  

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