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Investment triggers of International VCs to fund Global Startups
We see the rise of international funding opportunities. How to capture the attention of global VCs, what are the triggers and criteria they have to invest in international startups?
We invited Oscar Ramos, an International VC, to share his insights and recommendations to help global founders fundraise.
Questions we addressed:
- What investment criteria of your fund?
- How would getting investment from an International VC and a local VC make a difference to the growth of your startup
- At your startup's different fundraising stages, how to determine which VC could support and provide more value to your startups at each time
- From an international VC standpoint, what are some of the characteristics of a startup that will attract your attention and invest in them
- What VCs are not good for your startups?
- From an international VC standpoint, how do you access and help startups who have the potential to go global
- From a VCs perspective, when is the best time to consider expanding your startups business to other markets, and what are some of the best practices (Oscar could share examples & case studies)
- What are the follow-up best practices if an investor listened to your pitch but doesn’t say yes or no on the next steps?
- What are the best practices to attract investors’ attention with a cold contact?
- On what platforms or communication tool would you recommend to cold contact an investor?
About Oscar:
Oscar Ramos, an entrepreneur-turned-investor, is a Partner at SOSV, Managing Director of Chinaccelerator, and Partner at MOX. Chinaccelerator is the cross-border internet arm of venture capital fund SOSV ($1B AUM), where Oscar invests broadly across enterprise SaaS and cross-border internet startups, manages the accelerator program, and serves on the Board of Directors of several portfolio companies. In his current role, Oscar has made investment decisions and helped accelerate the growth of 160+ startups.
A “full-stack innovator” with expertise ranging from technology and product design to corporate strategy and venture capital, Oscar built and led his own micro-VC fund investing in early-stage Chinese startups prior to joining SOSV Chinaccelerator. He began his career in the corporate sector working in R&D with Ericsson and Telefonica in deep-tech applications such as mobile network protocols, cybersecurity, RF, and biotechnology. His passion for innovation propelled him to move to China in early 2008 and drop out of his Biomedical Ph.D. program to start his first venture. Since then, he has been involved in various areas of innovation as an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor to startups and multinationals. He currently sits on the Board of multiple startups. He holds a Masters of Engineering in Telecommunication from UPM.
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