Welcome back to Inside the Mind of a VC, a series of interviews in which we speak with Venture Capitalists. In the hot seat this time is Tina Aufiero, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Safeguard. Tina brings 20+ years of experience in venture, PE, M&A, and Strategy to Safeguard where she oversees the fintech vertical […]
Avoid “The Death Zone” for Venture Capital
Do you have revenues of $5-$10MM and profits under $3MM a year? Are you a company looking to raise outside capital for the first time? If you answered yes to both of the preceding questions, you are about to enter what I call “The Death Zone” for venture capital. “The Death Zone,” named after the oxygen-starved environments more […]
The Key to Getting Funded? Investor Relations
Since the JOBS Act became law in 2012, the crowdfunding industry has spawned multiples businesses and an ecosystem made up of investors, entrepreneurs and communicators. That’s right, communications, or in this case investor relations, is the key to getting funded or not. The key to a good conference call and the power to webcast […]