Providing Mentorship to Startups

Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.

Angel groups are often asked to provide mentorship to startups.

Here are some best practices for engaging your angel investors into mentorships with startups.

Start by matching the investor with the startup based on the business model, sector, and stage of business.

Identify a specific challenge the company is facing and look for members who have experience in that area.

Introduce the investor and the startup and check to see if it’s a good match.

Is the startup ready for a mentor and interested in solving the problem?

Is the mentor able to help the startup?

Help define the mentor/mentee engagement, so it’s well defined and has an endpoint.

Identify a schedule and format. Is it a weekly call on Tuesday or a monthly lunch on the first Friday?

Track progress to make sure it’s working.

Relationship building is a key step to achieving progress.


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On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Elizabeth Edwards, Managing Partner at H Venture Partners.

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and founded in 2017, H Venture Partners is a seed, venture, and early growth equity fund that invests in consumer products and devices. H Venture Partners invests across the US and Canada, focusing primarily in New York and San Francisco.

Elizabeth has been a VC for over 17 years. Before launching H Venture Partners, she invested in over 30 companies including Peloton (unicorn IPO), Freshly ($1.5Bn acquisition), Bill.com (unicorn IPO), CardioInsight (acquired: Medtronic), Roots (IPO), and Paydiant (acquired: PayPal), creating top quartile and top decile venture returns.

Elizabeth shares with Hall what excites her now, advises startups and investors and speaks about her investment thesis. She discusses the state of investing in consumer product goods and how she sees the industry evolving.

You can visit H Venture Partners at www.h.ventures, and via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/h-venture-partners.

Elizabeth can be contacted via email at e.edwards@h.ventures, via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethannedwards/, and via Twitter at www.twitter.com/eedwards. 

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For upcoming Events, check out https://tencapital.group/events/  

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