Venture Capital

Insights for Founders & Investors

Navigating the complex financial landscape is critical for both founders and the investors who back them. Founders often grapple with managing cash flow, bridging financial expertise gaps, preparing investor-ready financials for fundraising, and scaling their finance operations effectively as they grow. Simultaneously, investors (VCs, angels, family offices) require rigorous due diligence, consistent monitoring through key performance indicators (KPIs) like burn rate, runway, CAC, and LTV, and transparent, GAAP-compliant reporting to assess risk and drive value creation.

Insights

AI Market Validation: Founder’s Guide to Early-Stage Success

AI/ML, Analytics, For Founders, Venture Capital

Validate ideas with AI! Research, segment, analyze & secure funding. Data-driven insights for product-market fit.

AI Due Diligence: Investor Scrutiny & Startup Readiness

AI/ML, Deeptech, For Investors, Venture Capital

Discover how AI is transforming startup due diligence. Founders: prepare for AI analysis and ace investor reviews!

Bootstrapping or VC? Tech Startup Funding Showdown

Enterprise Applications, For Founders, Venture Capital

Deciding between bootstrapping and VC for your tech startup? Weigh the pros, cons & impact on control. Learn more!

Financing Due Diligence Best Practices: Insights from FinStrat and Novel Capital’s Experts

For Investors, Insights, Venture Capital, Webinar

Summary In this informative webinar, Keith Harrington, co-founder and COO of Novel Capital, and Kristian Marquez, CEO and founder of FinStrat Management, discuss the nuances of raising capital for B2B SaaS businesses. They share their insights on the importance of due...

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Recent Podcasts

Hedge Venture Capital: Innovating Risk Management in Early-Stage Investing with Fuel Venture Capital

Jul 11, 2025

Highlights Fuel Venture Capital invests globally in early to mid-stage tech companies, focusing on fintech, consumer platforms, enterprise SaaS, and AI. Maggie Vo pioneers “hedge venture,” a strategy combining hedge fund risk management with venture capital investing...

Revolutionizing Education: AI, Lifelong Learning, and Global EdTech Insights with Owl Ventures

Jul 10, 2025

Highlights OWL Ventures exclusively invests in EdTech across all education stages, including intersections with FinTech and HealthTech. Generative AI revolutionizes education by enabling personalized learning paths, advanced data analytics, and multimodal assessments....

Backing Grit and Innovation: Inside HG Ventures’ Unique Corporate Venture Model

Jul 9, 2025

Highlights HG Ventures combines venture capital discipline with strategic corporate resources to invest in hard tech and deep tech startups. Investment focus is stage-agnostic and geographic-flexible, emphasizing investments only where value can be added. Key founder...

Inside Deloitte Ventures: Strategic Corporate VC Insights on Scaling Startups and Vertical AI Trends

Jul 8, 2025

Highlights Deloitte Ventures focuses on Canadian Series A and B software startups in six strategic sectors. The fund leverages Deloitte’s 1,500 partners and 15,000 employees to source deals and support portfolio companies. Rigorous due diligence includes multiple...