Pitch Practice with fnInvestor Sunil Verma (March 26, 2025)
Virtual · Zoom
Scale, Lead & Lifetime Members Only:
Watch, Pitch, Learn: Join fnInvestor Sunil Verma, Managing Partner at Unanimous Capital, for a virtual pitch practice where you’ll have an invaluable opportunity to fine-tune your pitch, learn from the investor’s perspective, and potentially open the door for further conversations.
Key Event Details:
- Pitching Opportunity:
- RSVP & Selection: While RSVPing is necessary, spots are not guaranteed. Only three founders (Scale, Lead & Lifetime Members) will be selected based on criteria set by the investor. The selection will happen a week before the event.
- Pitch Format: Each selected founder will have five minutes to pitch their startup. This is your chance to deliver a concise, impactful pitch—essentially an "extended elevator pitch." Time is limited, so make sure you focus on the core elements of your startup’s story, value, and vision.
- Mandatory Dry Run Requirement: Before the event, you'll need to complete a dry run of your pitch with Patricia Liu, a pitch deck expert and startup advisor. This is a critical step to ensure you're prepared and confident going into the pitch practice session.
- Feedback: After each pitch, you will receive five minutes of feedback (3mins from the investor, 1min from Kevin Holmes, and 1min from one of your peers). Take notes and ask clarifying questions, as this could provide invaluable insights for refining your pitch moving forward.
- Post-Event Follow-Up:
- If there’s mutual interest, you may have the opportunity to connect with the guest investor to dive deeper into your pitch and explore potential next steps with your startup.
- Not Ready to Pitch?:
- Even if you’re not ready to pitch, you can still join the session as an observer. This is a great opportunity to watch, learn, and ask questions. You can gain insights from the feedback provided to others, and have the chance to engage directly with the investor.
How to Participate:
- The pitching opportunity is for Scale, Lead and Lifetime members only, while Launch is able to be a spectator (watch).
- RSVP to secure your spot (although not guaranteed to pitch, you’ll still be able to watch and learn).
- Prepare for the dry run with Patricia Liu beforehand to refine your pitch.
- If selected, pitch and get feedback from the featured fnInvestor.
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Investment Criteria:
- Invests in: Early to mid-stage companies
- Sectors: Agnostic
- Investment Location: US market
Sunil Verma is a Managing Partner at Unanimous Capital, an industry-agnostic venture capital firm focused on early to mid-stage companies. Unanimous Capital's investment thesis is centered on partnering with talented innovators, not just providing capital, but actively helping entrepreneurs create sustainable enterprises. The firm believes that by offering a well-rounded team with expertise and relationships, entrepreneurs can more effectively bring their visions to life.
Sunil is also a Co-Founder of Captiv8, a platform that transforms the way the world connects with brands. Captiv8 organizes social data, making it universally accessible and predictable, and provides products and services that link brands with content creators.
Prior to Captiv8, Sunil co-founded Mobclix, the world’s largest ad-exchange, which connected 30+ demand sources to reach over 100 million unique users across 18,000+ iOS, Android, and mobile applications. Mobclix was acquired by Velti (NASDAQ: VELT) in October 2010.
Earlier in his career, Sunil was a Partner at Venus Capital’s Private Equity Group, focusing on investments in digital media and mobile sectors in both India and the United States. He also worked at Gabriel Venture Partners, where he assisted with investments in Persistent Systems (BSE: PERSISTENT), MakeMyTrip.com (NASDAQ: MMYT), and Tejas Networks. Additionally, he supported several portfolio companies post-investment, such as Allsec (BSE: ALLSEC), InvestSmart (BSE: INVSTSMART), and Provogue (BSE: PROVOGUE).
About Patricia Liu:
Patricia Liu teaches courses at Stanford Continuing Studies and Stanford Health Care on startup pitch decks and presentations. Her pitch deck and presentation clients include early-stage startups to Fortune 100 companies. Patricia is an angel investor and serves on the MIT NorCal Angels selection committee. She worked at Accenture, consulting to Fortune 500 clients, before pursuing an interest in the culinary profession that led her to the test kitchen at the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group. Patricia received a BS and an MEng in computer science from MIT.
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