The Head Start

You’ve got a lot of hats.
Here’s how to wear them well.

As an early-stage founder, you’re doing it all. Recruiting a team, raising money, managing product, establishing a brand and culture, and telling the world why it should pay attention. Thankfully, our Investor and Platform team leaders have lived through it on both the startup and VC sides, and they’re here to share what they’ve learned. Welcome to The Head Start.

The Head Start

You’ve got a lot of hats.
Here’s how to wear them well.

As an early-stage founder, you’re doing it all. Recruiting a team, raising money, managing product, establishing a brand and culture, and telling the world why it should pay attention. Thankfully, our Investor and Platform team leaders have lived through it on both the startup and VC sides, and they’re here to share what they’ve learned. Welcome to The Head Start.

So, you want to know how to pitch a VC?

We’ve seen thousands of pitch decks over the years, and while there’s no one-size-fits-all approach, there are certainly elements the best ones share. Learn what those are, and see how some BCV portfolio companies pulled them off.

Field-tested
startup advice

Expert early-stage insights from our team to cover the hat you’re wearing today.

Leadership

Leadership

Financials

Financials

Product

Product

Marketing

Marketing

Work

Work

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We’re a passionate bunch of business builders and hat jugglers who invest in early-stage startups and growth-stage founders with world-shifting potential.

Ajay Agarwal

Ajay builds and invests in early-stage application software companies.

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Amit Bhatti

Amit leads BCV’s Seed Fund Program.

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Allison Braley

Allison leads BCV’s marketing team, which supports BCV and its portfolio companies through communications, brand strategy and events.

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Noah Breslow

Noah leads BCV’s platform team, which provides business-building support to BCV portfolio companies and designs the systems to run the firm.

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Leslie Crowe

Leslie is an expert in building talent and culture at companies during periods of growth.

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Scott Friend

Scott invests in application software companies, leveraging a career working in the commerce and marketing ecosystems.

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Matt Harris

For 30 years, Matt has been investing in the visionary fintech founders creating seismic changes in payments, lending, capital markets, insurance and real estate.

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Sarah Hinkfuss

Sarah works with growth-stage founders across both application software and fintech.

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Saanya Ojha

Saanya partners with growth-stage founders building the next generation of software products across infrastructure, apps and fintech.

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Enrique Salem

Enrique invests in early-stage infrastructure software companies, with a specialization in cybersecurity.

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Slater Stich

Slater partners with early-stage founders in infrastructure, with a focus on tools for data teams.

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Jeff Williams

Jeff joined BCV in 2016 as an operating partner in the Bay Area, where he focuses on infrastructure software and security.

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Kevin Zhang

Kevin partners with founders building the next generation of fintech and business software products.

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