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Our Team Daniel Sawko - Co-founder & CEO Linkedin profile Lived the problem we're solving! 10+ years in start-ups & Financial Services Former CCO of one of the UK's fastest-growing Regtechs Oxford University Fintech Programme Alistair Baillie - Co-founder & CIO/ COO Linkedin profile Lived the problem we're solving! 20+ years in Major Banks & Financial Services Institutions, 2 successful exits Former COO of one of the UK’s fastest-growing Regtechs MA Physics, Oxford University Gareth Williams Chief Data Scientist Carrie Skye Senior Data Engineer Marion Dowell General Manager Ekaterina Shushkanova Full Stack Developer - Team Lead Ruslan Suprun DevOps Engineer Kateryna Kovalenko Senior Data Engineer Some of our Supporters Eva Dobrzanska Investment & Dealflow Manager @ Block Dojo | Venture Capital Funding Advisory Sam Marchant Early-stage Investor at Hambro Perks Jonathan Hollis Accelerating Emerging VCs | Partnering with founders raising capital at Mountside Ventures Want to join the team? Find a role that suits you

How to create urgency during a fundraising process Guest article by Alexej Pikovsky With September fast approaching, the fundraising season will be back again, and that means getting everything ready to make your raise as efficient and successful as possible. It's not just about presenting an attractive business model. The how of the process often influences the outcome just as much as the what. Here are the steps I followed when I raised my $4m+ round. ​ 1. Lay the Groundwork with Solid Prep aration ​ Finalise your narrative and gather your materials: Your pitch deck should be more than just numbers and graphs. It should tell a compelling story. Pair this with a detailed financial model and a well prepared dataroom well in advance of you going out there. ​ Build your list of prospects. Tools such as shipshape.vc are a great help, you should also add existing investor lists to your database and reach out to other founders for suggestions. ​ 2. Set Clear Tim elines ​ Define clear start and end dates for your fundraising phase. This creates a natural sense of urgency. Do not say you are fundraising or tell potential investors you are fundraising until you really have everything ready to make it a sprint. You want to allocate the majority of your time to the fundraising process which is why its so important to not drag it out for a long period of time as that will harm your business in other ways. ​ Stagger your initial investor meetings. Start with angels, build up momentum and commitments before you start reaching out to VCs. This approach also gives you a chance to refine your pitch based on early feedback and continue to improve the story along the way. 3. The Art of Creating Scarcity ​ Categorise your investors into investor personas and allocate a fixed number of slots per investor persona on your cap table. Instead of an open invitation, inform potential investors that there are only a few available slots. This approach can make your startup appear as a coveted opportunity. ​ When scheduling calls, try to line up most investor calls over a dense 3-4 week period. Investors talk to each other, and if they know other investors in their network are also talking to you, that will create even more FOMO. ​ These are the three steps I used to create urgency and momentum in my process. In my free fundraising accelerator on the 17th and 24th of August , In the first session, I will show examples of how to create a clear and concise narrative and how to appeal to various investor personas. In the second session, I will talk more about how to build investor lists and how to approach investors, as well as dealing with ghosting and rejections. Finally, I will be covering the most common mistakes to avoid before and during your fundraise. Link to fundraising accelerator: alexejpikovsky.com

Agricultural Robotics Start your own search Agricultural Robotics Investors Are you looking for Agricultural Robotics Investors ? Ship Shape’s Venture Capital Search Engine allows you to find the right individual at the right firm. By using Ship Shape, you can find VC investors who have published content about agricultural robotics. Published content can originate from long-form articles published on sites such as Medium or Linkedin to short-from expressions such as Tweets. ​ Typical industry verticals result in new ideas being under the same umbrella as lots of other different ideas. This can result in start-ups approaching VCs who don’t have the knowledge or willingness to invest in agricultural robotics. ​ Agricultural robotics is an area of interest for Venture Capitalists (VCs) because of the number of start-ups that are pioneering new technologies, applications of technology and business models in this promising sector. Published content by VCs provides market signals of their current investment thesis therefore better informing entrepreneurs and start-up leaders who best to approach. In this case, VCs below have published content on or around agricultural robotics. ​ Knowing the right VC interested in agricultural robotics saves founders valuable time. A process that can take months is reduced to seconds. This allows more time to understand relevant VCs interested in agricultural robotics, thereby increasing the chance of success. Search Results If any of my connections are interested in carbon sequestration, bio-fertilizers or farming robotics then I urge you to listen to my colleague Robert Appleby's live interview for Future Food Finance next Wednesday. Name: Alastair Cooper Firm: Cibus Fund Location: London Alastair Cooper is a Head of Venture Capital Investments at ADM Capital and with responsibility for Early Stage Investments. He also holds the same position at Cibus Fund. View full content Coronavirus update #1 In recent days we have been talking to most of our clients to make sure everyone is healthy and have everything they need to go through this challenging period. To my surprise, a topic that comes up again and again from users of the Viridix (i-dripper) system is that today, growers perceive the system (and other cutting-edge technologies) as helping them through these times. Precisely when there is a shortage of manpower and with the start of the irrigation season, the ability to receive information and remote control of the irrigation system gives the grower an advantage and allows to continue to treat crops properly. Companies developing agricultural technologies that allow farmers to work better even during the Corona crisis - Share your technology with us and we will share it with our customers #Togetherwestand #irrigation #growers #farmers #agtech #coronavirus Gili Elkin Mor Yegerman Arik Shitrit Ben Dekel Michal Avramov-Shalom Yulia Pintchuck Yonatan Gelman Name: Avi Eyal Firm: Entree Capital Location: London Avi Eyal is an entrepreneur, investor, advisor and mentor. View full content The Evolution of Farming! Join FarmWise co-founder and CEO, Sébastien Boyer and I for a conversation on robotic agriculture , my pet pig, & the future of farming. Watch here: farmwise.cainon.com Castor Ventures | Alumni Ventures Group Name: Cainon Coates Firm: AVG Women's Fund Location: New York Cainon has 10+ years’ experience in finance, venture capital, and entrepreneurship, having worked at Boston Consulting Group and PBM Capital Group as well as serving on the founding team of five startups. View full content Ship Shape helps you find the right VC investor in seconds, not months Start your free trial today

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