Funding Inquiry

Funding Inquiry

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• Company Name *


• Sector/Industry *


• Location *


• Company Website *


• Contact Name and Title *


• Email *


• Crunchbase profile URL *


• AngelList profile URL *


• How did you hear about Motivate? *


• Please email your investor presentation (deck, exec summary, funding docs, etc.) to PITCH @ MOTIVATE.VC or submit links to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc below *

• Briefly describe the Company and the problem you are solving *


• What is the general founding story? *


• Founders' entrepreneurial history? *


• B2B, B2C, Other? *


• How do you generate revenue? Is it Transactional, Recurring, or Repeatable? *


• Current Revenue? *


• Current Monthly Burn (net of Revenue)? *


• How much capital are you currently raising? *


• Type (Equity, Note, SAFE) with terms (valuation, cap, liq pref, discount, interest) *


• Round (Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A) *


• If you have a lead investor for this round, please provide the name and contact information *


• List your three biggest investors in this round and amounts *


• List your three biggest investors in previous rounds and amounts *


• Detail your Use of Funds from this raise *


• How many months of runway will this round give you? *


• When do you plan to raise the next round? *


• If you have a product, summarize its state of development (alpha, beta, in market) *


• Initial traction (in revenues, users, etc) *


• Monthly growth rate of clients or users *


• Who are your primary competitors? *


• What are the biggest challenges to the business? *


• Size and composition of your Total Addressable Market (TAM) *


• What is the size of Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM)? Please describe the inputs to this formula *


• What is the size of Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM)? Please describe the inputs to this formula *


• Why is NOW the perfect time to launch this business? *

Contact Information

• First Name *


• Last Name *


• Email *

Professional Experience

• LinkedIn Profile URL *


• Summary of your professional experience *


• What did you love and what did you hate about your past roles? *


• What is/are your ultimate professional goal(s)? *


• Describe your dream professional role *


• What excites you about the Head of Fund Ops role? *


• What else are you into? *

Indicate which of these position related skills you have experience with and qualifications you meet

Position-Related Experience *

• Oversee execution of all non-investment functions, including finance, legal, operations, and HR.


• Create positive change and facilitate productivity with clear direction and accountability.


• Establish and maintain business operations for accuracy, productivity, and reliability; create and standardize SOPs across the business.


• Work with a third party fund administrator to ensure proper books and reporting.


• Manage SPV processes from start to finish.


• Refine and execute processes for investment closings, portfolio reporting, and quarterly LP reporting.


• Maintain internal financial models, update metrics, and forecast cash flows.


• Properly allocate and pay relevant bills/payables.


• Launch and optimize marketing efforts, including social media and website management. Help build and brand content for LinkedIn and website blog.


• Organize and secure all internal files and investment paperwork.


• Liaise with external accountant on Annual Audit for funds and SPVs.


• Maintain internal systems, including CRM, email marketing and portfolio model software.


• Create and help execute proper interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and offboarding policies.


• Assist with fundraising.

• At least two years of experience in analytical or strategic roles, including Finance/Operations roles. Experience working at a startup or fund (PE, VC, Hedge Fund, etc.) is a plus.


• Extremely organized, high sense of prioritization and ownership. Able to juggle multiple projects while maintaining keen attention to detail.


• Solution-driven, moves things forward.


• High EQ, low ego. Earns trust quickly, a tactful communicator, and leads by example.


• Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity. Self-starter.


• Good, positive energy. Likes to laugh.


• Willingness to jump in; no job too big or too small.


• Open, honest, & direct communication – able to communicate comfortably in 1-1, group, and written settings.


• Nimble: process-oriented, with the ability to take action to adapt to the situation.


• Curious, collaborative, confident, biased toward action, and acts and thinks like an owner.


• Legally permitted to work in the US.

Functions

• What functions at Motivate or our portfolio companies are you interested in? *


• When can you start? *


• Now


• 30 days' notice


• Unsure

Final Notes

• Anything else?


• What is 4 + 5? *

You have invested the time to complete this inquiry and we will return the gesture by promising to review each response. It may take us some time, so please be patient. Thank you so much.

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Fields marked with an * are required

• Company Name *


• Sector/Industry *


• Location *


• Company Website *


• Contact Name and Title *


• Email *


• Crunchbase profile URL *


• AngelList profile URL *


• How did you hear about Motivate? *


• Please email your investor presentation (deck, exec summary, funding docs, etc.) to PITCH @ MOTIVATE.VC or submit links to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc below *

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• If you have a product, summarize its state of development (alpha, beta, in market) *


• What is thirteen minus 6? *


• If you are a human seeing this field, please leave it empty.