Practise the collocations for pitching investors, raising rounds, and hitting milestones in startup finance.
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The founding team flew to San Francisco to ___ investors during demo day.
Pitch investors is the standard startup collocation for making a formal presentation to potential investors. 'Present to all' and 'sell to around' are informal. 'Show along' does not convey the persuasive intent of a pitch.
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After two months of partner meetings, the startup was finally ready to ___ a seed round.
Raise a round is the established startup fundraising collocation for securing investment capital. 'Collect along' and 'gather around' are informal and don't carry the financial meaning. 'Earn out' refers to acquisition structures, not fundraising.
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The lead investor's term sheet was signed and the startup was on track to ___ funding by end of month.
Close funding (or 'close a round') is the standard startup and VC collocation for completing an investment round. 'Finish off' and 'end around' are informal. 'Complete out' is not a standard phrase.
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Taking on a large Series A meant the founders had to ___ equity significantly.
Dilute equity is the standard venture capital collocation for reducing a shareholder's ownership percentage when new shares are issued. 'Reduce out' and 'lower around' are informal. 'Share away' does not capture the dilution concept.
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The VC firm set clear conditions: the startup had to ___ milestones before the next tranche was released.
Hit milestones is the standard startup and investment collocation for meeting agreed performance targets. 'Reach to' is ungrammatical. 'Achieve along' and 'accomplish out' are non-standard.