Looking to master the process of raising a round & meeting VCs?
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If you are an early stage founder preparing to raise capital, please join us at Silicon Valley Bank for our monthly fundraising workshop. This program focuses on how to run an effective process for raising an institutional venture capital round. This month we will be joined by Meagan Loyst, Investor at Lerer Hippeau & Founder of the Gen Z VC community.Â
We’ll cover :
-Qualifying Investors
-The most effective ways to generate introductions to VCs
-State of the Market Insights and Fundraising Trends
-Firms that are actively leading/participating in early-stage rounds
-Nuances and common pitfalls in fundraising
-The current state of the markets and what we're hearing
You will also have chance to trade tips with your peers currently going through the fundraising process as well.
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REGISTER TODAYÂ to join us for this virtual event via Zoom.
Questions?Â
Please email Alex MacDonald at almacdonald@svb.com.Â
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Meagan Loyst is an Investor at Lerer Hippeau, the most active venture capital firm in NY, where she focuses on seed stage investing. Meagan is also the Founder of Gen Z VCs, the largest and fastest growing community for Gen Zers in Tech and VC with over 13,000 Gen Z investors, founders, angels, students, and aspiring VCs. She coined the term "Gen Z VC" in her 1st Medium article and started the Gen Z VCs Slack community in November 2020, which has grown into a much larger movement centered around empowering the next generation of builders and investors. In the past year, Meagan has been interviewed live on TV for Bloomberg TV & Fox Business News, featured/quoted 11x in Business Insider, most recently as the "Queen of Gen Z VC" as one of the top up-and-comers changing the world of venture capital, in Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2022, and other publications like the Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Axios, Business of Fashion, Forbes, AngelList, BuiltIn, Crunchbase News, TechCrunch, Pitchbook, and more. She is also on the Advisory Board of Girls Who Invest, and is passionate about increasing diversity in VC & Asset Management.
If you have any questions, please contact Alex MacDonald at almacdonald@svb.com.
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