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After The Pitch: How To Know if a VC is Actually Interested? | Dose 047

Reading VC interest after your pitch? Here’s how to tell if an investor is actually hooked. Book office hours with Dreamit Ventures ► https://www.dreamit.com/office-hours Tell us more about your startup ► https://www.dreamit.com/tell-us-more After pitching an investor, you may be asking yourself: Is this VC interested or not? Reading VC interest in your startup can be tricky. In this Dreamit Dose, Managing Partner Steve Barsh offers pro tips for founders on how to tell if an investor is interested in your startup. The topic is related to questions like: How do I close a VC deal? How do you close an investor? How to follow-up after an investor meeting? After your pitch, listen carefully for the questions you’re asked and next steps proposed. Often, those items will signal how VCs judge your startup and is the investor interested? If they’re not compelled to move forward immediately, taking this approach will cut through formalities so you can find out what you need to accomplish to gain their interest. That’s key in understanding how to close the deal with a venture capitalist. Here are 4 ways to know when an investor is over you or genuinely interested by just reading your VC pitching meeting. That’s how to gauge investor interest in your startup in a short 5-minute Dreamit Dose! 0:00 - Intro 0:43 - Generic Post-Pitch Responses 2:33 - How To End Your Pitch 3:32 - Indicator #1: VC Talks About Their Value Add 3:53 - Indicator #2: VC Asks For Follow-Up Meeting 4:08 - Indicator #3: VC Asks For Meeting With a Higher-Up 4:31 - Indicator #4: VC Asks Can You Present During Our Partner Meeting? 4:45 - Be Clear On Next Steps & Timeframe 5:20 - Summarize Open Issues 5:43 - Takeaways 6:46 - Outro