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Intanify Insights - How investors look at a startup pitch: Insights from Richard Blakesley at Venture Cubed

Written by Dylan Dryden, CEO & Co-Founder | 2 December, 2024

 

In our latest Intanify Insights interview, CEO Dylan Dryden spoke with Richard Blakesley, a seasoned expert in startup evaluation and fundraising. Richard’s journey has included being Managing Director at JP Morgan heading Tech investment banking, a founder, CEO and investor. Notably, 80% of his Capital Pilot’s Boost Fund’s investments have survived, a striking contrast vs the 10% of startups that do. His latest endeavour, Venture Cubed, uses AI to advise VCs and others to pick likely winners from thousands of incoming decks.