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Showcase your founding team.
Provide as much relevant information as possible about the founding team. This includes anyone who holds equity in the company—whether they were there on day one as co-founders or joined later as late-stage co-founders.
For each member of the founding team, include a complete profile with the academic background and the professional experience.
Additionally, highlight any factors that demonstrate a strong founder-market fit. For example, mention patents, published research papers, or participation in key AI projects if your company is building an AI product.
For AI-native companies, it is crucial to highlight achievements in this field to emphasize your founder-market fit and technological advantage. Show how your expertise, vision, and execution in AI position you as a leader in the space.
Additionally, in the age of AI, more and more founders are choosing to build with lean teams while leveraging AI to manage larger-scale operations or deploy AI agents. Clearly explain why this approach aligns with your values and capabilities as a founder, and how you plan to scale and execute moving forward.
This section should underscore your ability to harness AI as both a product enabler and an operational amplifier, giving investors confidence in your unique positioning and scalability.
While the founding team is absolutely critical at the pre-seed and seed stages, it remains equally important at the Series A stage. The transition from early stage to growth can sometimes bring changes within the founding team, such as major geographic expansions or diverging strategic alignments. These shifts aren’t inherently problematic, but potential investors need to be both informed and prepared to engage with these dynamics within the first few months of collaboration.
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