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Investor Relations Newsletter - March 22th, 2023
Topics covered: Pitch with a click - Eco-friendly packaging - Investor Spotlight - Fintech startup alert - An investor's no?- Investor question - Startup financials matter - Meme - Investing in a sustainable future - SVB & banking collapse - PlayStory startup deal
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We’ve updated our startup investor relations platform with three key highlights:
? Updated public profiles - startups can easily pitch to investors and investors show their interest to founders
? Increased page performance for faster access to information.
? Better view of due diligence documents such as pitch decks.
You can learn more about the updates in our changelog.
Check it out through a startup & investor example:
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Packaging for the new era of eco-friendliness ????
Lulupack provides reusable returnable packaging service to e-commerce in Southeast Asia.
Their circular packaging system allows businesses to pack their products in durable and customizable packaging.
This packaging can be used up to 80 times before being cleaned by their team to be reused by stores. By using their packaging, e-commerce stores can significantly reduce their packaging waste and carbon emissions.
Lulupack is already operating in Vietnam and will soon open in Singapore and Indonesia. As a result, they help businesses build a more sustainable future for themselves and the planet.
Investor Spotlight
Check out these interesting investors on DueDash:
Timm Neu - Angel - Pre-Seed to Series A - Berlin, Germany - Associate Department Lead at Volkswagen:?
Expon Capital - VC - Pre-Seed to Series A - Luxembourg ?- Principal Owen Reynolds:?
OneValley Ventures - VC - Pre-Seed to Seed - San Mateo, USA - Managing Director Juan Scarlett:?
FinTech Startup Alert
Check out these interesting startups on DueDash:
Paci - Pre-Seed - Dubai, UAE - Founder & CEO Abdul Ghafoor Fazal:
GXEGY - Pre-Seed - London, UK ?- CEO Walid Hosn:?
Uils - Seed - Delaware City, USA - CEO & Co-Founder Tomas Costanzo: ?? Connect with the startup
Why an investor's no is not a final rejection
As a startup founder, keeping your investors informed and updated about your company’s progress is essential. Not only does it build trust and confidence in your investors, but it also helps you establish a good relationship with them.?
In this article, we will explore the basics of investor updates and reporting. Why it is important to update your investors, how to report to them, who should receive your investor updates, how often you should update them, and the importance of check-in meetings with investors.
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Investor question of the week
"Are you planning to build strategic tie ups with other brands?"
When your business moves to the next stage, organic growth may not always be the most efficient way to grow.
Strategic alliance is a great way to grow and scale your business. While each of the businesses operate with their unique identity, they contribute to each other’s success. It is a complementary relationship.
A startup's financials matter
"How is their financial history? And how are they going to spend the money once the funds are raised? That’s how we evaluate these companies."
Investors want to ensure their money is safe with you. The investment should go to grow and develop your business and enable you to return their money in the long run. So you need to show how you will use the funds and also how your previous history backs up the investor's trust in your spending abilities.?
Meme of the week
?? When you overthink what you have to do.
A common challenge founders face when considering building relations with investors is that they believe they need to be much further before starting. Or as a German saying goes - not seeing the forest in front of all these trees.
?? ?? Assuming that the rejection of some investors, who say you need more traction, you need more this and that, means they need to be much more ahead before doing anything.
The issue here is that it blocks founders from taking the necessary steps to build qualitative investor relations and they might continue too late or stop it altogether losing out on potential capital.
?? On DueDash we want to make sure founders can easily take the next steps in their investor relations process.
DueDash Investor Lounge: Investing in a sustainable future
12.04.2023 - 11 am EST / 5:00 pm CEST / 8:30 pm IST
Meet the guest: Andreas Strasser, Partner at Kompas VC
Andreas is a Partner at Kompas VC, responsible for investments in eastern and southern Europe, as well as the German speaking region. Before joining Kompas VC, he was the Managing Director of an Energy- and Smart-City venture fund in Austria, and the Investment Director for Europe and Israel at the Volvo Cars Tech Fund.
Field notes from DueDash Founder & CEO Parul Madan
Averted disaster?
The two specific risks I listed are the two blows that destroyed SVB. In combination with horrible communication management, the bank was doomed. In the world of tech startups, this was HUGE.
The Silicon Valley Bank played an important role in the ecosystem. Over 2500 venture capital firms and almost half of all US tech startups deposited $175B with them.
From Novela Neurotech, which I invested in, to Roku, a public company with almost $500M trapped at SVB, thousands of companies believed they could access only $250k of their capital.
When a company cannot run payroll, it faces extinction-level disruption. Bankruptcies were imminent for many companies that employed thousands. Although the government intervened to guarantee depositors' money, there are still massive impacts on the ecosystem.
Here's why it's still a huge blow:
Each answer is the same. Things are worth what people are willing to pay. Valuing something may seem easier when it generates revenue or has measurable utility. Even then, you are baking in some future value when valuing any asset. Anytime you think about the future, it's uncertain. Basically... there's a risk.
Markets' risk appetite heavily influences how much they are willing to pay for something. A high degree of uncertainty is inherent to investing in early-stage companies.
The passion for future opportunities, the willingness to take risks, and the confidence in the system drive startup investments. Over the past 15 years, startups around the world, especially in the US, have enjoyed a high level of confidence. What are the limits of markets?
Highlighted partner this week
PlayStory - Lets you create interactive videos that result in higher engagement and conversations.
You can visually choose from different blocks and insert forms, redirect to your website or schedule meetings with its Drag and Drop Interactive Video Builder. DueDash startups are eligible for a 50% discount yearly on any plan for three years.?
Book a demo to take your investment process to the next level!
And if you want to learn how to build an investable business and deal with investor curveballs, click here.