Dawn Capital

7 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 8, 2015 by Ari Helgason · across every show →

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Jul 8, 2015 positive
Insight
Helgason: Founders should always build a cash war chest when capital is available
“I absolutely agree with that. You know, when the money's there and it's available take it. You know, things take to, tend to take longer than anticipated, and the reality is that when you have a cash buffer, your options are extended. You have the advantage of…”
Ari Helgason Jul 8, 2015 ▶ 5:14 20 VC 052: How To Make The Leap From Seed To Series A with Ari Helgason @ Dawn Capital
Jul 8, 2015
Disclosure
Dawn Capital expects £100k MRR and 2x ARR growth for Series A
“Ours would be for a SaaS business, for example we want to see a business that's, you know, doubling annual recurring revenue run rate year on year, at least approaching fast approaching, you know, a hundred thousand pounds a month in revenue or kind of about t…”
Ari Helgason Jul 8, 2015 ▶ 8:18 20 VC 052: How To Make The Leap From Seed To Series A with Ari Helgason @ Dawn Capital
Jul 8, 2015 positive
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Helgason: Unprofitable founders must prepare for next round from day one
“And what I really mean is that if you're going to run out of money, it's never too early to begin preparing for the next round. You really have to have a plan from the beginning as to how you're going to get that next bunch of funding in the bank.”
Ari Helgason Jul 8, 2015 ▶ 4:47 20 VC 052: How To Make The Leap From Seed To Series A with Ari Helgason @ Dawn Capital
Jul 8, 2015
Disclosure
Dawn Capital responds to every inbound founder pitch
“At Dawn, we also respond to all Inbound direct approaches, but they're just not, they're not as powerful as getting an introduction from a trusted party.”
Ari Helgason Jul 8, 2015 ▶ 12:03 20 VC 052: How To Make The Leap From Seed To Series A with Ari Helgason @ Dawn Capital
Jul 8, 2015
Disclosure
Warm introductions almost always result in a pitch meeting at Dawn Capital
“We listen to portfolio CEOs or our venture partners really anyone, anyone I trust, I'll take an intro from, and that's pretty much always going to lead to at least the call or a quick meeting.”
Ari Helgason Jul 8, 2015 ▶ 11:48 20 VC 052: How To Make The Leap From Seed To Series A with Ari Helgason @ Dawn Capital
Jul 8, 2015
Disclosure
Dawn Capital focuses investments on enterprise software and FinTech
“So at DAWN we look at two things. We look at enterprise software, which is mainly SaaS, but also a lot of open source stuff some on premise cyber security stuff and the second vertical we focus on is, is FinTech.”
Ari Helgason Jul 8, 2015 ▶ 14:48 20 VC 052: How To Make The Leap From Seed To Series A with Ari Helgason @ Dawn Capital
Jul 8, 2015
Disclosure
Dawn Capital invests in markets smaller than $1 billion
“We've invested in, in businesses that are addressing markets that are today smaller than a billion dollars.”
Ari Helgason Jul 8, 2015 ▶ 13:30 20 VC 052: How To Make The Leap From Seed To Series A with Ari Helgason @ Dawn Capital
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