Deals + Drinks
Angel investor education is valuable for anyone in the startup ecosystem. How does seek the information to gain conviction and “write a check?”
Deals + Drinks is an approachable and relaxed environment for exploring the skills and craft of angel investing through an arts-based approach and framework.
Because this is an educational event, we welcome participants regardless of their accreditation status or active investing role. A founder will present a live investment opportunity for learning purposes on both sides.
Who Attends?
The 25-30 participants change each month, but it is a mash up of the startup ecosystem from across the US (and sometimes farther afield!) — VCs, LPs, angels, founders, accelerator leaders, students and more. Inclusion is intentional, and we find that our best discussions come from a group with a range of investor experience levels, gender diversity, and people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech.
Apply to pitch
As the presenting founder you'll give a 5-7 min pitch followed by Q&A with participants. Then you'll drop off the call and we'll use your pitch as a basis of discussion about what we hear on the investor side of the table.
We'll share a summary of the feedback and discussion as a thank you for your time, and to help improve your messaging and presentation.
What Participants Are Saying
“How you think often matters more than what you think. But once we leave uni/college, it’s easy to stop working on how you think. In Deals and Drinks they take you through how to think through a potential early stage VC deal. It gave me a framework to review information: a controversial news article; my dad’s opinion on vaccines; how to approach my remodel. If you are interested in building your muscle for HOW to think, I encourage you to join. If you’re interested in how VC’s think, even more so.”
— Startup Ecosystem Participant
“This is awesome! I am literally having talks right now with VCs and I feel like I can see into their brains now.”
-Presenting Founder
“Seeing the aggregate of opinions in one place provides a more quantitative data point for what we're developing. I was glad to see that we have been thinking through most of the risks the group teased out!”
— Presenting Founder
“This feedback has already been a game-changer for us. We loved participating in Deals + Drinks. The most thoughtful audience, with a great lead-in from which we learned too.”
— Presenting Founder
“Wow, I am blown away by the feedback! Thank you so much for taking the time to compile it into such a digestible and actionable document. There are lots of nuggets here that I plan to act on / incorporate more into our pitch.”
-Presenting Founder