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Venture Adventure: Startup Fundraising Advice from Top Global Investors Paperback – February 25, 2022

by Amir Hegazi (Author), Brad Feld (Foreword)
5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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“Venture Adventure provides a wide array of bite-sized and practical advice, tips, and lessons from dozens of investors from around the world and is a resource for every entrepreneur raising capital. It’s an exciting addition to advancing the field of knowledge around venture capital and financing.”
—BRAD FELD, Co-Founder of Foundry Group and Techstars and author of Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

“With plenty of practical advice from established venture capitalists, Venture Adventure is a powerful guide for ambitious entrepreneurs early in their careers.”
—STRAUSS ZELNICK, CEO and Managing Partner of ZMC and Chairman and CEO of Take-Two Interactive


Venture Adventure captures startup fundraising advice, tips, and recommendations of more than 50 top global investors. Collectively, these venture capitalists represent the who’s who of this domain worldwide, across a wide range of sectors, geographies, and company stages. They have seen it all and know exactly what it takes to effectively raise capital against the backdrop of very dynamic and competitive global markets. After all, these VCs are betting with their own firms’ capital on the right entrepreneurs, companies, technologies, and trends in the order of hundreds of billions of dollars of assets under management.

Venture Adventure provides a practical guide for every startup founder and founding team on how best to navigate the vast and complex world of venture capital. It covers everything from determining the right fundraising strategy, to optimizing the positioning and narrative for your company, approaching and engaging investors, effectively pitching and negotiating, selecting the right investors, building and managing boards, and much more.

If you’re looking to scale your business to the next level, you can’t afford not to put your best foot forward and play the VC game intelligently and confidently. The stakes couldn’t be any higher, so you must get it right. Venture Adventure will help you do precisely just that.
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  3. Publication date
    February 25, 2022
  4. Dimensions
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  5. ISBN-10
    173254218X
  6. ISBN-13
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"Venture Adventure gets an honest view from VCs on what they are looking for in a startup. I will ask every new Draper associate and analyst to read it."
—TIM DRAPER, Founder at Draper Associates and DFJ, and author of How to Be the Startup Hero

"Venture Adventure is a collection of practical advice from accomplished entrepreneurs and investors. This book will help founders navigate their entrepreneurial journeys more successfully!"
—BEN CASNOCHA, Co-Founder of Village Global and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Startup of You

"In Venture Adventure, Amir Hegazi has invited some of the best VC minds from across the globe to share their insights to guide an entrepreneur. Like a big dinner meeting of nurturing souls, flowing with great ideas...here is your invitation to join this adventure."
—MAHENDRA RAMSINGHANI, Founder of Secure Octane Investments, author of
The Business of Venture Capital, and co-author of Startup Boards

"Venture Adventure is an invaluable resource for entrepreneurs to understanding what actually goes into planning and executing a successful fundraising process."
—HARM DE VRIES, Co-Founder and Partner of Innovation Industries and author of Venture Capital Deal Terms

"Venture Adventure is the next best thing to experiencing multiple fundraising rounds yourself."
—DAVID COHEN, Founder and Chairman at Techstars and author of Do More Faster

"Venture Adventure provides important and practical advice on the dos and don'ts of fundraising. But more importantly, it describes a broader framework and thinking about how to approach early-stage company funding and building."
—SETH LEVINE, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Foundry Group and co-author of The New Builders

"In an increasingly competitive and globalized world, entrepreneurs need every tool they can get to set their companies apart, break through the noise, and engage investors. Venture Adventure provides such a tool."
—ASHTON NEWHALL, Co-Founder and General Partner of Greenspring Associates and Partner at StepStone Group

"Entrepreneurs across rising markets share more experiences, challenges, opportunities, and learning with each other than with Silicon Valley. Amir Hegazi has captured what is nothing short of a new globalism, with advice from some of the best global investors who understand this shift. Venture Adventure is a must-read fundraising playbook for the 21st century."
—CHRISTOPHER M. SCHROEDER, Co-Founder of Next Billion Ventures, Advisor and Network Partner of Village Global, and author of Startup Rising

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How to optimize for raising capital for your startup— lessons and tips from some of the world's top venture capitalists

In Venture Adventure, based on a collection of more than 50 interviews with some of the world's top venture capitalists, Amir Hegazi distils the key lessons and takeaways every entrepreneur should keep in mind as they embark on their fundraising journey. How well you navigate venture capital could mean the difference between success and failure for your startup.

Running out of cash is the second top reason why startups fail after lack of market for their product or service. Assuming you have a market, it is absolutely critical to put your best foot forward in front of investors. You must essentially sell your dream to the very people who can help you make it happen. You don't have the luxury of "launch, measure, and reiterate" with VCs; you need to hit the ground running from day one. You will need to be a fast learner and adapt quickly based on market feedback— you have little time to figure things out on the fly. There are no rehearsals when it comes to VC fundraising.
Stop guessing how best to position and present your company, and what will or won't impress investors. Second-guessing your approach wastes valuable time. Hear directly from leading global investors on:

* Weighing the pros and cons of VCs, CVCs, strategics, and family offices
* Tricks of the trade to increase your chances of getting investors' attention fast
* Common mistakes founders make in their pitch decks and how to avoid them
* Delivering a killer pitch that presents your business in the best possible light
* Handling investors' concerns and objections like a pro
* Dos and don'ts of investor negotiations
* Selecting the right investor partners for your business
* Best practices for assembling and managing your board

Venture Adventure will give you the ammunition you need to successfully and quickly raise venture capital.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ TRANSFORMENA PUBLISHING (February 25, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 173254218X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1732542181
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.08 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.78 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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Amir Hegazi is a lifelong entrepreneur, with over 20 years of startup, tech, E-commerce, and digital media experience. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at CapitalDemocracy, a global professional advisory firm that helps outstanding founders and startups raise venture capital. He also serves as an advisory board member for multiple startups across diverse sectors and geographies. Amir was previously the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at intoMENA Group and the Director of Marketplace at Souq.com, MENA’s largest e-commerce platform (acquired by Amazon.com). He is also one of the early pioneers of digital media in the Arab world, having launched the region’s largest online TV networks at JumpTV and Talfazat. (JumpTV raised $150 million and completed an IPO dual listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange before being acquired by Neulion in 2008.) He is also an advisor on tech startups, entrepreneurial ecosystems, go-to-market, and e-commerce strategies for ministers, policy-makers, and founders. Amir is the author of Amazon.com bestsellers Startup Arabia and Ecosystem Arabia, both of which were recognized as “Startup Books to Read” in 2019 and 2020, respectively, by Book Authority.

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Paulo Morgado
5.0 out of 5 stars Really must read book!
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2022
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Venture Adventure is really a great book for anyone interested in business and finance-related topics. Written in a very clear and practical way, and counting with the participation of several reputed investors and business experts, the book guides the reader to the different steps that any founder should take to be successful in raising money to finance the development of their start-ups. Amir Hegazi is to be congratulated and all the start-up founders must be grateful to have this book!
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Elisa Miller-Out
5.0 out of 5 stars Great fundraising advice for startups!
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2022
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Excellent overview of the VC world with a focus on practical tips for startups who are raising capital.
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Bobby Steel
5.0 out of 5 stars Good comprehensive look at how VC works
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2022
Nice collection of topics written by people in the trenches themselves
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Nadia Michel
5.0 out of 5 stars Insider Gold
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2022
'Venture Adventure' is like a treasure trove of insider info, gathered by one of the most astute yet under-recognized minds examining the global investment ecosystem today. His connectedness with international investors delivers a macro-view that will expand your horizons and open up a whole new realm of opportunity. A go-to book for any investor who wants to look beyond borders.
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