FUND-RAISING PREP COURSE
FOR XR STARTUPS
Intensive 6 Week Course to Prepare Early Stage AR and VR Startups for Fund-Raising
Lead by Ori Inbar and Adaora Udoji
Combined mentoring experience of
500+ XR Teams
CURICULUM OVERVIEW
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Identify your goals and refine your strategy: product market fit, value proposition, business model and go to market
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Perfect your investor pitch to increase success in raising funds
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Learn how to develop partnership and client pipelines
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Office hours with experts and investors in our network for feedback and opening doors
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Culminating in a virtual demo day at an exclusive AWE Startup event.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Early stage XR startups planning to raise pre-seed or seed rounds
(XR includes AR, VR, 3D, AI and related tech.)
BY THE NUMBERS
60 Hours Curriculum Over 6 Weeks
12 Cohort Sessions (2 x 2h x week)
6+ Mentor Office Hours
3+ Guest Expert Lectures
1:1 Reviews With Class Leads
10 Teams Per Cohort
50K Connect with the Largest XR Community
Next course starts in January 2021
WHAT FOUNDERS SAY
David Ripert
CEO, Poplar
No one understands the AR and VR marketplace and technologies better
Francis Bitonti
CEO, Lexset
Adaora and Ori opened doors for us at top tier venture firms and introduced us to revenue-producing clients
Alon Grinshpon
CEO, EchoAR
Introductions to many key industry people boosted our business significantly
SYLLABUS
WEEK 1
KICKOFF WEEK
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Intro to syllabus and initial pitch recording
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XR market overview lecture
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Goal settings and mentor assignment
WEEK 2
CUSTOMER WEEK
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Finding Product-market fit
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Understand your customers' personas & needs
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Does your product value proposition satisfy a strong market need?
WEEK 3
PRODUCT WEEK
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Product positioning
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Defining your MVP
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Confirm product-market fit
WEEK 4
MARKET WEEK
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Market sizing
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Competitive landscape
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Networking
WEEK 5
BUSINESS WEEK
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Revenue model
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Go to market strategy
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Fund-raising strategy
WEEK 6
DEMO WEEK
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Final pitch recording and presentation
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Expert group feedback
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Wrap-up Spatial party