This post first appeared on the Real Ventures blog
Two years ago this month, Real launched Orbit MTL, a $31M early stage fund focused on the Montreal startup ecosystem. Since we closed the fund we’ve been busy, investing about $9M in 61 investments across our direct portfolio, two accelerators, and our student VC fund. In this post, I share details about those investments and the strategies behind them, as well as some of the lessons we’ve learned along the way.
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At Real, we believe a company’s story is the linchpin of their fundraising process. In his posts on the path to Series A, my partner, Sam Haffar, makes a strong case for the central role that story plays in securing financing. Sam’s posts also touch on our specific techniques for story creation. In this post, I dive deeper into those techniques, unpacking the methods we use at Real and our venture accelerator, FounderFuel, to support our founders in crafting their fundraising stories.
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