Bill Reichert
Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, mentor, author, speaker, board member, advisor, educator, partner, spouse, parent, and general enthusiast. Not always in that order.
About Bill
Bill Reichert is a Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures, focusing on deep technology investments, including AI, quantum computing, next-generation chips, materials science, and medical technology. He is also Chief Evangelist of Startup World Cup, the largest and richest venture capital competition on the planet, with over $1.5 million in cash prizes, including a $1 million grand prize. Bill is co-author of the pitching guide, “Getting to Wow! Silicon Valley Pitch Secrets for Entrepreneurs.” He has been a venture capital investor for 20 years, originally as co-founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, a seed and early-stage venture capital firm that has been acquired by Pegasus. He has taught at Stanford and Berkeley, and has delivered keynotes
and workshops around the world.
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Pegasus Tech Ventures is a global venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. We invest in emerging technology companies around the world and work with them to expand sales in North America, Asia, and Europe. Our 110+ person team operates out of offices in seven different countries and offers a wide range of domain expertise. Pegasus Tech Ventures currently has several venture capital funds under management. We look for world-class management and technical teams that are targeting disruptive opportunities in IT, HealthTech, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Robotics, Big Data, Quantum Computing, FinTech, and Next Generation Technologies.
As a global investor, our portfolio includes companies with operations that range from Silicon Valley and across the US to the UK, Israel, Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and beyond. By helping entrepreneurs break down geographical barriers and enter new markets, Pegasus Tech Ventures is helping to bridge innovation ecosystems around the world.
HARVARD ALUMNI ENTREPRENEURS POWERED BY: PEGASUS TECH VENTURES
The Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Accelerator powered by Pegasus Tech Ventures, is a ten-week, equity-free program for early-stage companies designed to give alumni-founded companies the tools needed to scale up to the next level.
Pegasus also founded and sponsors Startup World Cup, one of the biggest and richest startup competitions in the world. Startup World Cup extends to over 60 countries across six continents, with a Grand Finale in Silicon Valley featuring a $1 million investment prize. The goal of Startup World Cup is to support regional innovation ecosystems and connect them to Silicon Valley. Startup World Cup brings together entrepreneurs, investors and prominent thought-leaders, such as Steve Wozniak (Co-Founder of Apple), Reid Hoffman (Founding CEO of LinkedIn), John Chambers (Chairman Emeritus of Cisco), Vinod Khosla (Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems; Founder of Khosla Ventures), Marc Randolph (Co-Founder of Netflix), Adam Cheyer (Co-Founder of Siri), and many others who have participated in Startup World Cup events around the world.
Podcasts
Resources
Book
"Getting to Wow!" is the entrepreneur's practical guide to crafting a clear, compelling, credible pitch. Written by two Silicon Valley experts with many years of experience as entrepreneurs and investors, the big idea behind the book is that every time entrepreneurs talk or write about their startups they are pitching.
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What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur
Bill ReichertYou’re logging in your tenth hour of work for the day as a startup founder. Or perhaps you’re still in school or employed at a job that excites you as...
What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur
Bill ReichertYou’re logging in your tenth hour of work for the day as a startup founder. Or perhaps you’re still in school or employed at a job that excites you as...
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The Top Ten Terrible Horrible Ve...
Bill Reichertby Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures With all the blogs, videos, books, coaches and workshops for creating compelling presentations, how can it be that we are still inundated with pitch...
The Top Ten Terrible Horrible Very Bad Slides
Bill Reichertby Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures With all the blogs, videos, books, coaches and workshops for creating compelling presentations, how can it be that we are still inundated with pitch...
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The Top 10 Rules of the Elevator...
Bill ReichertYou’ve all heard of the infamous elevator pitch—the three to four sentences that describe the essence of what your company does. It’s the first opportunity to hook in your investor....
The Top 10 Rules of the Elevator Pitch
Bill ReichertYou’ve all heard of the infamous elevator pitch—the three to four sentences that describe the essence of what your company does. It’s the first opportunity to hook in your investor....
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The Top 7 Factors for Getting Fu...
Bill ReichertBy Garage Technology Ventures Across different venture capital and corporate investment firms, investors differ in the criteria they use for funding a company. Some invest only in specific technologies at...
The Top 7 Factors for Getting Funded
Bill ReichertBy Garage Technology Ventures Across different venture capital and corporate investment firms, investors differ in the criteria they use for funding a company. Some invest only in specific technologies at...
