fnInvestor Session with Jeremy Schneider of Webb Investment Network
Virtual · ZoomFree · Guests welcome
In the cloud computing, enterprise software, mobile, or ecommerce sector?
Dial-in with Jeremy Schneider, Director at Webb Investment Network (WIN).
Agenda:
- Intro from Bri (5 mins)
- Jeremy Introduction (25 mins)
- Q&A from Founders (30 mins)
Companies in Jeremy's Portfolio:
Ginkgo Bioworks, Indiegogo, PagerDuty, Stuph, TapSense, Whistle
About WIN Funding:
As a seed fund, their primary goal is to identify and help build transformational companies. They work hand-in-hand with Entrepreneurs, other Angels and Venture Capitalists to provide as much leverage, expertise and assistance as possible.
What They Look For:
- Investment stage: Seed round (first source of capital), though WIN will make select investments in later stage (A, B, C) rounds. Though they typically do not lead rounds, they often partner with a syndicate of leading seed funds to fill a round.
- Investment range: $100,000 – $500,000, with additional capital reserved for follow-on investments. WIN likes to back entrepreneurs throughout their funding lifecycle
- Sector: Technology, with a particular interest in cloud applications and infrastructure, enterprise software, mobile, marketplaces, e-commerce, crowdsourcing, and consumer internet. What they generally won’t invest in: Semiconductors, cleantech, life sciences, and non-technology companies.
How They Decide:
- People first. WIN bets on entrepreneurs over ideas. They gravitate toward entrepreneurs who are highly technical, passionate, realistic, and insightful, who are great listeners, who understand their competitors better than their competitors know themselves, and who dream of creating the next big thing in their respective industries.
- Problem solving. They seek to fund companies that are solving a deep, identifiable problem or pain point.
- Innovation. They look for companies that have developed a unique or innovative product/service, or a novel new approach.
- Identifiable business model. They seek to fund companies with a business model that can rapidly scale in a cost-efficient way.
- Traction. With the costs of starting a company and getting a product to market rapidly declining, they prefer to invest in companies that have built a product, have a very clear use case with initial customers/users and a clear path to revenue.
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