The idea was to create a book that would help people break into VC by leveraging AI throughout the learning, interviewing, job searching, and early years of VC. However, it needs so much more work.

I am Golnaz and I live in Tehran. I have worked as an analyst for several venture capitalist companies. Now I am interested in getting to know the world outside my country in this field.

📧 WITH EMAILS: 🔸 Seed & Series A US VCs (via Folk) - Filtered by Fund Type, Fund Stage, Focus, Location, Number of Investments, Number of Exits, Fund description, and Portfolio Companies 🔸 2000+ US VCs grouped by Fund stage, Fund focus, Location 🔸 NYC Early Stage VC firms list - includes some emails, - also includes a sweet spot, e.g. “need growing revenues”, “need product”, “$1M ARR” etc. 🔸Airtree’s 168+ Australian VC firms - Filter by Type, Stage Focus, Sector Focus, Lead, and Actively Investing. 🔸Ramp’s Ultimate Angel Investor List for Startups 🔎 WITHOUT EMAILS (but, you can use Apollo.io) Some of the Lists do not provide emails, however, tools like Apollo.io can help with finding the right email. I also recommend using Claude.ai to help you sieve through the lists - it’s like ChatGPT, but you can upload csv files to help you analyze the lists. The prompt I would use is the following: “I’m building a B2B Fintech startup, I work with small enterprises (>200 employees) currently raising $500k Pre Seed. We are pre-revenue, female led, and got MVP 60% complete. Looking at the attached spreadsheet, tell me which investors are most suited for me to reach out to and state their First Names, Last Names, Emails, and Company Names in a table format that I can extract into a csv” 🔸 No Warm Intro required investor list (by Y Belyayeva) - includes VCs and Angel syndicates 🔸 VC Fund Database for Early-Stage Startups (by Shai Goldman)

I'm thinking of creating a venture capital 101 course and hosting it in this community. What do you think of this structure? Is there anything else I should include? Module 1: Introduction to Venture Capital - Subtopics: History, importance, and role of VC in startups. - Objective: Establish the context within which venture capital operates. Module 2: Key Players and Stakeholders - Subtopics: Limited Partners, General Partners, Entrepreneurs, Angels, Accelerators. - Objective: Understand the different entities and their roles. Module 3: The Deal Funnel - Subtopics: Sourcing deals, due diligence, and deal flow. - Objective: Learn how VCs find and evaluate startups. Module 4: Investment Thesis and Decision-making - Subtopics: Investment criteria, sector focus, and risk assessment. - Objective: Learn how VCs decide where to invest. Module 5: Financial Models and Valuations - Subtopics: Pre-money, post-money valuation, DCF models, and cap tables. - Objective: Equip learners with the financial tools necessary for venture investment. Module 6: Legal Aspects - Subtopics: Term sheets, equity classes, convertible notes. - Objective: Understand the legal structures around venture deals. Module 7: Post-investment Relationship - Subtopics: Board governance, mentoring, and scaling. - Objective: Learn about the relationship between VCs and startups post-investment. Module 8: Exits and Liquidity Events - Subtopics: IPOs, M&As, and secondary sales. - Objective: Understand how venture investments are realized.

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