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What Connects with Venture Capitalists and Gets Them to Fund Your Ventures? Today's venture capitalists believe that smart is in

By Rahul R

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If you have to secure venture capital funding in modern times, it becomes imminent that you develop smart models targetted mostly towards a purpose which is to make life easier (for both B2B as well as B2C players).

In this regard, to decode how investors strategize, check out below as tow hat could poitentially help your secure your dream venture capital fund:

Establish the right connect with your investors

Investors, both angel as well as equity, desire proper connections. This means that the models you develop should serve a purpose also encompassing that of the investors.

Harness technology whenever possible

Technology disruption is at its brink now; it should so you no harm to harness next-gen technical aspects viz the Internt of Things (IoT), Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Learning, and more.

Ensure that your business scales

With technology focus being the key criteria, you could make your business scalable and demonstrate scalability effectively to your investors.

Focus on societal causes

The startup which you have founded should have at least an element of societal cause to it; you need not be non-profitable, but could direct a percentage of your profit (and efforts) towards larger causes. If your models succeed in developing societal solutions, both recognition and money would follow.

Simply have the right attitude

Connecting with venture capitalists, for funding, requires creative accumen in tandem with technology and business scalability. Blend your creative accumen with the right attitude and burn all divides with your VCs.

Rahul R

Former Staff

Rahul R is a media professional with over 6 years of experience. Prior to Entrepreneur India, Rahul was a Senior Technical Journalist at EFY digital magazine. 
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