Table of Contents

  1. 01 - VC Pitch (25)
  2. 02 - Cap Table + VC Legal Docs (15)
  3. 03 - Content - Sources of Capital - Equity v Debt v Revenue (5)
  4. 04 - Financial & Exit Modeling (2)
  5. 05 - Govt Funding - ARPA-E (11)
  6. 06 - Govt Funding - CEC (1)
  7. 07 - Govt Funding - SBIR (10)
  8. 08 - Govt Funding - SBV (2)
  9. 09 - Govt Funding - DARPA (1)
  10. 10- Govt Funding - Compliance (2)
  11. 11 - Other Financing Including Charitable (3)
  12. 12 - VC Due Diligence (3)
  13. 13 - Later Stage Finance & Going Public (2)

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