Tim

Founder of GoPresent

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

After weeks of VC meetings and hosting VCs in Boxing rings for @Techweek_ I wrote an article on the state of venture capital

If you're in VC or a founder currently raising this article of for you

https://t.co/NtxO3Ovmsq

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

We rented a real boxing ring in Hollywood and let VCs tell founders, live, why they’d pass 🥊

Six founders. One minute each. No hiding.

Here’s what two @a16z Tech Weeks taught us 👇

#SFTW 🌉

We opened with Why Investors Say No. Sarah Romanko (@geek_ventures ) and Bryan Liu (@alumniventures ) told founders exactly where a pitch loses them

#LATW 🎬
Then we took it to Hollywood: a real ring at @unifiedbxngclub and a VC panel giving verdicts in real time. Thank you to @Citizens_PB and @deel for sponsoring, and to Office of Tomorrow for co-hosting.

What we learned
→ Founders are raising now. 86% of the founders we surveyed in LA are raising now or within six months

→ The inbox is the investor’s biggest time sink. Investors read deals that are clearly a no, for fear of missing the one that isn’t

→ Speed wins deals. Slow internal decisions are how good investments get lost

→ Claims need checking, not just reading. That includes the “we’re closing fast” urgency

Those last three are why we’re building GoPresent: we do the homework, so investors can make the call

Next round: @SlushHQ 🇫🇮
Helsinki, 18–19 November. We’re hosting a house party. Announcement soon.

Going to Slush? Reply or DM. We want to meet you.

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

@a16z that was wiiiild

4x VCs
8x Founders Pitching
100x Investors & Founders Ringside

Thank you to @CitizensBank & @deel for making it such a spectacle

join @alanpun_ in the future VC Boxing Rings - DM

#LATW #LATechWeek #Startup #Founder #VC

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

Few Deals, Bigger Cheques 💰

How does a founder truly differentiate themselves from the noise?

How does a founder become truly VC-backable?

Our VC Boxing Ring Panel will share all their insight at TECH WEEK by a16z

Our Headline "Boxers" for our MAIN EVENT

Sarah Romanko and @geek_ventures 🥊
Martin Cox of Voice Capital 🥊
La Keisha Landrum Pierre of @VCEmmeline 🥊
One mystery VC 🥊

Huge thank you to all the incredible people who have made this possible, including our sponsors Miles Deamer of @CitizensBank and Madalyn Woronoff (Messner) & Madeleine Futterman of @deel

Bring on the most glamorous boxing ring the bright lights of LA have to offer 🎥

RSVP: https://t.co/u62SaumrId

#LATechWeek #LATW #VC #Founder #Startup

[Tim @timhaydenclark]

@GoPresent_AI Going to be huuuge

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

I met Killian Coyne at the London VC Network Summit and it was a genuine pleasure.

He pitched @fuelq the most advanced fuel card in the world in 20 seconds and we can't wait to see where this one goes 🔥 to

#FounderSeries #20SecondPitch #AIFounders

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

Thank you Dimeji Daramola for joining me on 20 Seconds to Raise piching Dilagee. An AI powered compliance and operations platform built specifically for hospitality businesses. 🙌

🔗 Follow Dilagee: https://t.co/eMW7aKzzZ6
📱 Follow Dimeji on TikTok: @dimejidaramola

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

Viren Samani, founder of Convu stepped up for his 20 seconds and absolutely delivered.

Convu solves something every business leaks money through; the conversations that already happened but went nowhere.

#FounderSeries #venturecapital #SEIS

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

Thank you Jake Osorio for joining me on 20 Seconds to Raise and pitching the future of dating! 🙌

Tired of doom swiping? Same. 😩📱

Pulsera is done with the endless scroll. No swiping. No matching. Just show up to your dates. 🙏

#DatingTech #AIStartup #StartupFunding

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

Panic googling parenting advice at 2am?

That’s exactly the problem Lisa Vigar is solving with Ask Ma

Parenting AI built for the moments when you’re tired, anxious and just need a straight answer. Voice or chat. Any time day or night.

Pitched expertly on 20 Seconds to Raise 👏

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

Thank you Brandon Ward for joining me on 20 Seconds to Raise and pitching such an incredible app! 🙌✨

Keysha AI is helping ADHD founders thrive — scheduling meets biometric tracking to unlock next-level productivity and executive functioning. 🔥

#ADHDFounders #HealthTech

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

On today’s 20s to Raise Patrick Green is solving a problem that costs allocators millions. He built OpenMarket — a private, allocator-only platform that captures peer inelligence knowledge and makes it searchable and durable.

#20sToRaise #founderseries #StartupFunding

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

Had the pleasure of interviewing Chandan Seth Nanda of ToxiProofAI, an ex-Antler founder in residence.

Drug companies spend billions testing medicines. Most fail — because they find out the drug is dangerous after giving it to patients. ToxiProofAI figures that out before.

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

20s to raise with Christian Santos of Organizely at TECH WEEK by a16z and this is the kind of founder who gets it - he solved his own problem first. 📦

Check his pitch out below

#FounderSeries #PreSeed

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

Met Jiapeng (JP) Zhang and Wang Xiang at TECH WEEK by a16z and this one is playing the long game. 🧬

They’re building at the intersection of AI and longevity — a health app designed to help you live better for longer. Already on the App Store

#FounderSeries #PreSeed #Raise #AI

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

20 seconds to raise is a tech for good founder ⏱️
Ophir Kagan is building Kala AI-powered patient care technology that helps patients navigate their health journey, supports clinical teams, and generates real world evidence that pharma actually needs.

#FounderSeries #HealthTech

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

I met Michael Melichar of Triptimize at NY Tech Week

This one is going to resonate with every travel operator out there. ✈️

Triptimize is white-label AI trip planning deployed inside the brands travellers already trust

#TravelTech #AIStartup #StartupFunding #venturecapital

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

Jenna Scherma of Learn Mobo is building tech that matters - sex ed from awkward lectures into gamified, ready to teach, customisable to state guidelines, and designed for educators, parents and teens alike.

#founders #fundraising

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

Met Aurora and Milo of Evermind Labs for 20 seconds to raise

They are building private, uncensored AI — the first AI where you are the customer not the product.

2 months in. 100,000 users.

If that’s not traction I don’t know what is.

#FounderSeries #nytechweek #AIFounders

[GoPresent @GoPresent_AI]

Great to have Sharif Bennett of CineBlock® on 20 seconds to raise.

He's rebuilding how entertainment gets financed. CineBlock is an equity crowdfunding marketplace for film, TV, games and more, so anyone can legally invest in or finance a production.

#FounderSeries #techweek