How can the engineering team support a startup during fundraising? An interview with Redpoint's Erica Brescia

In the Fourth episode of our Tech Lead Twitter space series, Wilco’s CEO On Freund welcomed Redpoint’s Erica Brescia to talk about how the engineering team support a startup during fundraising.

In this session, On and Erica discusses the following:

• Decisions the engineering team can make to help the team towards fundraising.
• What do VCs look for in their technical due diligence?
• What do they look for from an organisational perspective?
• The importance of novelty in the tech used at a startup - should it be cutting-edge? Is that a significant factor?
• What are some red flags you see in CTOs?
• Is it important for the CEO of the company to have technical skills?
• What is a good equity structure for the engineering team?

Listen to the full session here:

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