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The US Fundraising Primer
for EU companies.
@PiotrWilam
Innovation Nest
Financial Roadmap
There are three types of startups
Disclaimer: this deck is about B2B startups that start in Europe and go to US.
★ B2B
★ consumer
★ deep technology (both B2B and consumer)
What stage is your company at?
to build a prototype and
get positive feedback
from customers.
Pre-seed Money
Seed
the first sales
($10-20k MRR)
Seed 2
achieving scalable sales
(from $10-20k -
$100-150k MRR)
Round A
growth (from $100-150k
- $1M MRR)
Rule of thumb size of investments
$25 - 100k
Pre-seed Money
Seed 2
$500k - $3M
Round A
$3M - $8M
Seed
$100 - 500k
What is your market & your
motivation?
Your market is in Europe
Do you want to be in US
or in Europe?
Your market is in US
Do you want to be in US
or in Europe?
The choice is
EU
The choice
is obvious
US
The choice
is obvious
EU Rather wait or change
market or motivation
Tough.
EU
EU
US
US
M O T I V A T I O N
CUSTOMERS
Four cases how to fundraise
in the US
Accelerators
others
Estimote
Growbots, Nativetap
Seed 2
$1,6m
from: Alex Rosen, Freestyle
Capital, IDG Ventures USA,
Gil Penchina, Innovation
Nest, Andreessen Horowitz
UXPin
$9,8m
from: Learn Capital, Runa
Capital, Point Nine
Capital, General Catalyst
Partners
Brainly
Round A
Platforms
Intelclinic
follow Innovation Nest
news are coming soon!
Let me summarize
★ Accelerators
★ Seed 2
★ Round A
★ Platforms
What are the four cases of how to fundraise in the US?
Thank You!
Follow me
@PiotrWilam
www.innovationnest.co

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