Yesterday, I had a chance to observe investors in their natural habitat — at TechStars’ Seattle Demo Day, the graduation ceremony for the ten startups that have spent the past three months being mentored in the TechStars incubator program.
Watching the presentations, it quickly became clear that the bar for landing venture capital is high now. Showing up with a vague idea, a prototype, and statistics about market potential isn’t cutting it. There are a few specific benchmarks the startups all hit that got investors to commit.
To read the original article: What Really Makes Venture Capitalists Invest in Your Startup - Forbes
