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Funding & Investment

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This topic covers the methods and processes of securing capital for business growth. Learners will understand the differences between venture capital, angel investment, and bootstrapping, and how to prepare pitch decks, value their company, and negotiate term sheets.

9 resources

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🎓Courses(1)

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Startup School

Learn entrepreneurial leadership from YC partners! Startup School is your guide to building a successful company.

beginner🇬🇧

📚Books(3)

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Venture Deals

Venture Deals - A book resource

intermediate🇬🇧
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The Art of Startup Fundraising

The Art of Startup Fundraising - A book resource

intermediate🇬🇧
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Secrets of Sand Hill Road

Secrets of Sand Hill Road - A book resource

intermediate🇬🇧

🌐Websites(4)

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Y Combinator Startup Library

Free videos and resources on entrepreneurial leadership

beginner🇬🇧
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crunchbase.com

Crunchbase is a comprehensive startup and tech business database with profiles of companies, funding rounds, investors, acquisitions, and other deal data. It provides searchable information on startups, venture capital activity, market trends, and industry news for research and due diligence.

intermediate🇬🇧
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angel.co

AngelList (angel.co) is a startup-focused platform that connects founders with investors and talent, offering startup profiles, fundraising tools, investor networks, and job listings.

intermediate🇬🇧
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techcrunch.com

TechCrunch is a leading technology news site that covers startups, venture capital, funding rounds, and the broader tech industry. It features breaking news, in-depth analysis, funding announcements, and profiles of emerging companies and market trends.

intermediate🇬🇧

🎙️Podcasts(1)

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The Twenty Minute VC

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes, resources and more.

beginner🌐

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Funding & Investment is approachable at the beginner level — there are resources here specifically for those starting from scratch. As you progress, intermediate and advanced material is also available to take your skills further.

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For Funding & Investment, Dantes has curated 3 books, 1 courses, 4 websites, 1 podcasts. Each resource type serves a different learning style: videos and YouTube for visual learners, books for depth, courses for structured progression, and websites for quick reference.

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