Fundraising | Proof Points & Market Opportunity

​This Session is for founders participating in Forum's Spring Fundraising Prep & May Investor Showcase.

​Join us for an interactive conversation with early-stage investors and early-stage founders, who have raised pre-seed or seed rounds.

​You'll walk away from this session with an understanding of:

• ​The proof-points early-stage investors look for

• ​How investors evaluate early startups

• ​How to present your market opportunity

• ​What positioning resonates with investors

​This session will include 40 minutes of tactical content & 20 minutes of Q&A. Panelists include:

​Investors

• ​Daniel Chelsey, Principal at Work-Bench. Work-Bench is an enterprise venture capital firm based in NYC, that leads seed rounds. Daniel spends his time investing in AI/ML, Dev-Tools, and Enterprise Applications.

• ​Santosh Sankar, Managing Partner at Dynamo Ventures. Dynamo Ventures is a supply chain and mobility fund, focused on pre-seed and seed-stage opportunities with enterprise business models.

• ​Neil Grunberg, Managing Partner at Storytime Capital. Storytime Capital is a VC focused on pre-seed and seed investments. Neil spends most of his time on technology solving the Future of Work.

​Founders

• ​Kaylee Lieffers (Astle), Founder & CEO of Blanka. Blanka helps anyone start a make-up or skin-care line in under 5-minutes. Blanka raised a $2M+ Seed Round led by Dundee VC, with participation from Storytime Capital, Disruption Ventures, and others.