We are VCs turned angels supporting founders as their in-house VC.
Angel checks + VC hacks & network +EQ
😇 We invest ~$500k angel checks at the first institutional round. And we don’t give a damn about stake: we don’t have a minimum ownership stake and we don’t follow-on. Free to be 100% on your side of the table.
😜 We have been VCs. We know how VCs think & operate. And we have the network of a VC.
🤟 We become your in-house VC: here to help you hack the system from the inside, with independent & unfiltered investor insights. And EQ. And chocolate ;).
❤️🔥 We back Killers with a Heart: brilliant beasts with a right to a secret, building because it's inevitable to them.
💜 We are backed by mission-driven institutions, supporting children’s health, public education, and cutting-edge research.
Check out our founders' deck: https://bit.ly/cocoapitchesfirst 🍫💙
Carmen Alfonso Rico 🍫 Alfonso Rico on how to source founders who are "pre-everything":
"Venture is network, muscle, and hustle, and the hustle powers the network and the muscle is just learning, and this is starts to compound"
"Cocoa Two has 8 investments, 5 came from my Cocoa's network. This wasn't the case from Cocoa One"
Check out the full interview by searching "Scaling Europe - Carmen Alfonso Rico 🍫" on Youtube or Spotify.
The Scaling Europe show is sponsored by SurrealDB, and presented by Deel.
🍪 We’ve open-sourced Cocoa 🍫 in-house VC hacks, for founders to fork and build on. Starting this week, we’ll feature one hack every Tuesday—welcome to #HackingTuesdays.
👑 Hack #1: Cap Table Template
Your company is your kingdom, and the cap table is the land ownership map. You should be in charge :). That’s why we built a template for you, with Cocoa’s cheeky tips baked in.
Take it, fork it mischievously, and go hack the system: https://lnkd.in/dC6YgWt3
