{"id":18639,"global_id":"foundersnetwork.com?id=18639","global_id_lineage":["foundersnetwork.com?id=18639"],"author":"163","status":"publish","date":"2020-09-14 15:28:45","date_utc":"2020-09-14 22:28:45","modified":"2020-09-29 11:47:27","modified_utc":"2020-09-29 18:47:27","url":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/function\/how-to-raise-a-seed-round-with-tnt-ventures-partner-matt-tillman\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/18639","title":"How to Raise a Seed Round with TnT Ventures Partner Matt Tillman","description":"<div>\n<div>Matt Tillman, partner at TnT Ventures, explains what to look for in early-stage investors, best practices in making your pitch.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 10px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">\n<h2>Complimentary Ticket:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Are you a full-time tech founder? Be our guest! During COVID, we\u2019re making our events available to tech founders\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>everywhere<\/strong><\/em><strong>. Enjoy a complimentary ticket to come learn from fellow tech founders, partners and investors. Already used your complimentary guest pass?\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/request\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Request an invite<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0to see if you qualify for membership.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Topic:<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re raising seed or pre-seed money, you need more than just capital. Matt Tillman, partner at TnT Ventures, explains what to look for in early-stage investors, best practices in making your pitch, and how to generate signal in addition to funds.<\/p>\n<p>Join Matt for practical tips on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Selling Equity, not Ideas<\/li>\n<li>Understanding Funds<\/li>\n<li>Defining Your Value<\/li>\n<li>Optimizing for Signal<\/li>\n<li>Making Your Pitch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Presenter:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mtillman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Matt Tillman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Matthew Tillman is the General Partner at TNT Ventures. Started in July 2020, TNT Ventures invest anywhere from pre-incorporation to Series A, and we prefer to be involved as early as possible. We pride ourselves in making independent decisions and helping founders with raising their first round of capital.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Prior to that, he was the CEO and Founder of Haven which was founded in 2014 to help commodity firms automate logistics, collaborate with partners, and gain valuable insights into their supply chain. With the goal of the platform is to essentially serve as the \u201cSalesforce for logistics, capturing the end-to-end workflow of shipping cargo.\u201d Haven supports customers around the world from offices in Singapore, Switzerland and San Francisco. They raised more than $20 million and the firm is now owned in part by the Kraft Group.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Prior to founding Haven, Matt held Technology and Product leadership roles at several Finance and Advertising companies specializing in Artificial Intelligence.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About Founders Network:<\/h3>\n<p>Founded in 2011, <a href=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Founders Network<\/a> offers lifelong peer mentorship to over 600 tech startup founders globally. Our platform, programs and high-touch service facilitate authentic experience sharing, warm introductions and long-term professional relationships. Additional benefits include over $500k in startup discounts and promotion to 2,000 newsletter readers. Members are located in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, London and other tech hubs. Each month our Membership Committee admits a new cohort of full-time tech founders who are nominated by an existing member. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Confidentiality Policy<\/h3>\n<p>All information shared within Founders Network is strictly confidential. We are built on a foundation of trust, and the community takes confidentiality seriously. Investors, members, and staff all share experiences and opinions off the record.\u00a0 In this roundtable forum, we continue to model our fnValues of Reciprocity, Humility, Authenticity and Inclusivity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 10px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">\n<h2>Complimentary Ticket:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Are you a full-time tech founder? Be our guest! During COVID, we\u2019re making our events available to tech founders\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>everywhere<\/strong><\/em><strong>. Enjoy a complimentary ticket to come learn from fellow tech founders, partners and investors. Already used your complimentary guest pass?\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/slack-redir.net\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffoundersnetwork.com%2Frequest%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Request an invite<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0to see if you qualify for membership.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Topic:<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re raising seed or pre-seed money, you need more than just capital. Matt Tillman, partner at TnT Ventures, explains what to look for in early-stage investors, best practices in making your pitch, and how to generate signal in addition to funds.<\/p>\n<p>Join Matt for practical tips on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Selling Equity, not Ideas<\/li>\n<li>Understanding Funds<\/li>\n<li>Defining Your Value<\/li>\n<li>Optimizing for Signal<\/li>\n<li>Making Your Pitch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Presenter:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mtillman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Matt Tillman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Tillman is the General Partner at TNT Ventures. Started in July 2020, TNT Ventures invest anywhere from pre-incorporation to Series A, and we prefer to be involved as early as possible. We pride ourselves in making independent decisions and helping founders with raising their first round of capital.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, he was the CEO and Founder of Haven which was founded in 2014 to help commodity firms automate logistics, collaborate with partners, and gain valuable insights into their supply chain. With the goal of the platform is to essentially serve as the \u201cSalesforce for logistics, capturing the end-to-end workflow of shipping cargo.\u201d Haven supports customers around the world from offices in Singapore, Switzerland and San Francisco. They raised more than $20 million and the firm is now owned in part by the Kraft Group.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to founding Haven, Matt held Technology and Product leadership roles at several Finance and Advertising companies specializing in Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About Founders Network:<\/h3>\n<p>Founded in 2011, <a href=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Founders Network<\/a> offers lifelong peer mentorship to over 600 tech startup founders globally. Our platform, programs and high-touch service facilitate authentic experience sharing, warm introductions and long-term professional relationships. Additional benefits include over $500k in startup discounts and promotion to 2,000 newsletter readers. Members are located in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, London and other tech hubs. 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