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Nov 13, 2025

If you want Capital, you need to be READY for it. Most companies are not.

Most Financings Struggle Because the Business is not Yet Ready to Qualify for Capital. Period.

If you want Capital, you need to be READY for it. Most companies are not.

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Oct 21, 2025

Why is Raising Capital SO Hard??

Most Financings Struggle Because the Business is not Yet Ready to Qualify for Capital. Period. Full Stop.

Why is Raising Capital SO Hard??

Marc Patterson

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Jun 15, 2025

Capturing Investor Attention Formula: SCIENCE + ART = CAPITAL

Takeaway — it is NOT enough just to be interesting or to have a great product or company. Particularly when your company has hit…

Capturing Investor Attention Formula: SCIENCE + ART = CAPITAL

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Jun 13, 2025

Need Capital? Start Thinking Like a Capital Provider

Understanding what investors are looking for, how they think, and how best to engage them is the proven path to success.

Need Capital? Start Thinking Like a Capital Provider

Marc Patterson

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Jun 12, 2025

GREAT news for companies raising a Seed, Series A, and Series B round globally.

With Voyager’s 82% IPO pop, defense tech VCs see a bright future for liquidity

GREAT news for companies raising a Seed, Series A, and Series B round globally.

Marc Patterson

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Jun 11, 2025

All capital is NOT created equal.

Too many Founders at the growth-stage make the mistake of getting in front of every potential investor possible. It’s an understandable…

All capital is NOT created equal.

Marc Patterson

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Jun 9, 2025

Investors Seek Measurable and Tangible Progress

There is a Crucial Difference Between Business Milestones and Business Weaknesses.

Investors Seek Measurable and Tangible Progress

Marc Patterson

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Jun 6, 2025

The ‘Myth of More Investors’

Many entrepreneurs working through an institutional capital raise unwittingly operate under the deadly ‘Myth of More Investors.’

The ‘Myth of More Investors’

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May 9, 2025

Capital Mindset #2 — Growth-Stage Investors Fund Execution

They Tend to Avoid Businesses That are Still in ‘Exploration’ Mode (The Principle of Want vs. Need)

Capital Mindset #2 — Growth-Stage Investors Fund Execution

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Sep 30, 2024

Scale-Stage Entrepreneurs Increasingly Must Navigate Both Venture Capital and Private Equity…

Challenging Funding Markets Precipitating a Change in Growth Strategy

Scale-Stage Entrepreneurs Increasingly Must Navigate Both Venture Capital and Private Equity…

Marc Patterson

Marc Patterson

Founder and Managing Director at Bennu Partners - Venture Capital, Private Equity, Family Office, Strategic Investors.

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