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For OCV Companies: Track investor meetings here.

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OCV will introduce the CEO to VCs within our network 3-6 months after CEO onboarding. Prior to this, please use this 🔗 template reply for inbound VC intros and note interest in this 🔗 shared doc (OCV & OCV CEO access only). Friendly VC Group will be introduced one quarter prior to others.

Inbound Requests from VCs

For an early stage company, receiving an inbound intro meeting request can be exhilarating. No matter how “informal” an intro meeting can appear, it’s important to keep in mind that:

<aside> 💡 All meetings with VCs are inherently pitches. Even if you’re not presenting a pitch deck, VCs are evaluating you.

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Outbound Outreach as Part of the Pitch Process

See suggested processes at How to Interact with VCs.

Resources:

Best Practices

  1. Review pitch deck and practice pitches with OCV team
  2. Review pitch deck and practice pitches with Friendly VCs group first
  3. Include both co-founders on the pitch call (CEO & CTO)
  4. Showcase your passion for the project and company, don’t be afraid to go deep in your answers to investor questions
  5. Demonstrate your domain expertise in your space
  6. Know who your customers are and what they need - synthesize your conversations with customers
  7. Know your addressable market and competitors / competitive landscape

Shadows on Investor Calls

(Real-life advice from one OCV company CEO in mid-2022)

Portfolio CEOs should consider how conversations about positioning and high-level strategy and roadmap, whether with their board or with large shareholders, will impact the team in terms of distraction/confusion before opening up those conversations to a wider audience.