Raising Seed Venture Capital hosted by LatinxMBA & Harvard Business School Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA)
Webinar #1 in the 100x LatinxMBA Leader Series:
101 on Raising Venture Capital from VCs actively writing checks
Co-hosted with Harvard Business School Latino Alumni Association
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Raising Venture Capital?
Raising your first venture round can feel like a black box. What do investors really look for? How do you stand out? When are you “ready”? And how do you avoid the mistakes that kill deals?
In this fast-paced, tactical 45-minute session, top venture capitalists will break down exactly what it takes to raise your first institutional round of capital, from building investor conviction to running a tight process and closing with leverage.
You’ll learn:
What VCs look for at pre-seed and seed
How to position your story and traction
The biggest mistakes first-time founders make
How to build momentum and create FOMO
Financial KPIs to becoming a top decile company
What makes investors say “yes” (and what makes them pass)
Hear from 3 VCs actively writing checks:
Samara Mejia Hernandez (Founding Partner, Chingona)
Francisca Gilmore-Yulee (Partner, Perplexity Fund)
Moderator: David Perez-Hernandez (Partner, Roble Ventures)
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More on LatinxMBA:
The 100x Webinar Series is built to help LatinxMBA members achieve exponential growth through upskilling in new AI technology, ownership, and capital access. We bring in top industry operators and investors to share the playbooks, tools, and capital strategies that can 100x your leverage and accelerate wealth creation.
www.latinxmba.org
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More on HBSLAA:
The Harvard Business School Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) is a non-profit organization with the aim to connect, empower and advocate for Latino business communities.
https://www.hbslaa.org/
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More on Chingona Ventures:
Chingona Ventures is a Chicago-based, early-stage venture capital fund that invests in companies changing the way we learn, work, and live. We invest early and go big by aiming to write the first and largest check into a company’s first institutional round.
Focus stage: Pre-seed & Seed
Check size: $250k-$2M
Can lead, co-lead or participate
U.S. only
https://www.chingona.ventures/
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More on Perplexity Fund:
Perplexity AI, the developer of a popular artificial intelligence search engine, runs a $50 million venture fund focused on early-stage AI startups
Focus stage: Pre-seed & Seed
Check size: $250k-$2M
Can lead, co-lead or participate
U.S. only
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More on Roble Ventures:
Roble Ventures is a future-of-work focused fund investing in early-stage technologies that enable people, teams, and organizations to achieve their most ambitious work. Our team has multiple exited unicorns and decades of experience in this space.
Focus stage: Pre-seed & Seed
Check size: $200k-$2M
Can lead, co-lead or participate
U.S. & Latin America