068. VP of Investor Relations
Fundraising is a function of your job as a startup CEO. If you don't do it at the seed stage, you're going to suck at it the Series A and beyond.
About SpringTime Ventures
SpringTime Ventures seeds high-growth startups in healthcare, fintech, logistics, and marketplace businesses. We look for founders with domain expertise, forging a path with a truly transformative technology. We only invest in software-based businesses in the USA. We bring a people-focused approach, work quickly, and reach conviction independently. Our initial check size is $600k. You can learn more about us and our approach.
About Rich Maloy
Rich’s mission is to rebuild the American dream through entrepreneurship. He believes technology gives all people the opportunity to grow, learn and earn. He is a Managing Partner at SpringTime Ventures and the host of the VC Minute podcast. With prior careers in finance and sales, he's been focused on the startup ecosystem for over a dozen years. He's a father of two young children and loves sci-fi, skiing, and video games.
An open letter to your VP of Investor Relations.Dear Sir or Madam.Thank you for your thoughtful email detailing,the specific items that I need to know in order to properly review the company for which you work.I'm grateful that you wouldn't waste your time researching my fund to see if we're the right fit for you.And it's so nice to know that the CEO of your company values fundraising so little that they delegate it.Considering the information that you've provided,we're going to pass on this investment opportunity.The CEO's job is to fundraise.Full stop.If you're the CEO and you can't even be bothered to initiate the process of fundraising.I just,I don't even know what to do with that.I don't even know where to go with this.I'm trying to be,you know,serious Rich Maloy from VC Minute right now,but it is just so fundamental that the CEO is the one that's out there fundraising,that if you're not the one sending the email to hell with your VP of Investor Relations.To be fair,doing all of this work ahead of time,to build up the CRM and build up the database and figure out who's the right fit and fill out the damn forms and all of those things,that takes a lot of work.If you want to have a VP of Investor Relations and it could be an intern get them to do all of this work,but that email better come from you.The name on that form that you fill out and the email address on that form better be from you.This is a function of your job as a startup CEO.And if you don't do it at the seed stage,you're going to suck at it the Series A and beyond.Just send the email yourself.
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