The TechCrunch Live Podcast

Raquel Urtasun founded Waabi in 2021 after spending nearly three years as Uber’s R&D head of Advanced Technology Group (ATG). Waabi’s mission is to develop an AI-first approach to speed up the commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles, starting with long-haul trucks. To do so, her company raised an $83.5 million Series A with Khosla Venture’s Sven Strohband leading the round. Both will speak to Urtasun’s unique (and commanding) perspective, and what allowed the company to raise the massive Series A.

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This TechCrunch Live event was a little different. Frederic Kerrest (Okta) and Mathilde Collin (Front) are both co-founders of their respective companies, but Kerrest is also an investor, and participated in Front's Series C alongside other industry leaders like Michael Cannon-Brooks from Atlassian, Eric Yuan from Zoom, and Jared Smith from Qualitics.

Hear the story of how Mathilde convinced Kerrest to invest in Front, and what she feels are the advantages of having operators as investors. 

Mathilde brought along Front's Series C pitch deck, and explained the background and thought-process of several slides. But this isn't the first time she shared the deck. Following Front's Series A, B, and C, she published the pitch decks on Medium.

Front's Series A Pitch Deck

Front's Series B Pitch Deck

Front's Series C Pitch Deck

Welcome to the TechCrunch Live Podcast. This week, we hear from Alex Bouaziz, CEO of Deel, and Anish Acharya, Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) in this TechCrunch Live episode. This show is a little different, and it’s Alex’s fault. He doesn’t have a pitch deck, and TCL generally shows early pitch decks and pulls out insights. But Alex raised $629m without a pitch deck. In this episode, learn the strategies he used to pitch without a deck, and hear about the deck A16z used to pitch itself to Deel.

Want to pitch your company? Join us on Hopin for the next TechCrunch Live on Wednesday, April 27. 

Introducing The TechCrunch Live Podcast. Every Thursday we'll share the audio from TechCrunch Live which helps founders build better businesses and attract venture backing. We do this by engaging with experienced entrepreneurs and investors on their past wins and losses — particularly the pitches that helped build the business at an early stage.