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How To Get Funded As A Remote Company

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Covid-19 has changed everything, especially the VC funding environment.

Learn from a top founder of leading remote focused startup & the founder of Remote First Investment Fund on what is happening and how to raise money during this challenging time (and whether they should). Also get their perspective and where things are going and what’s interesting for them.

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Partner

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About

Marvin is a Partner at Game Groove Capital. He invests in Digital Media, Enterprise SAAS, Marketplace, Fintech, Adtech, Digital Health, Internet of Things & Mobile startups across the globe.

Formerly of Yahoo! Inc. (10.5 years), Marvin Liao has held roles in the various departments of Sales, Business Development, Ad Operations and Marketing & ran online marketing at a venture capital funded ecommerce start-up prior to that. He also serves on the boards/advisory boards of several internet advertising and ad technology companies.

In addition, he is a Mentor for several Startup Accelerator programs in Europe, Asia, Israel and the US, helping guide startup teams with their sales, marketing and partner development efforts.

Investor

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About

Andreas Klinger is an Investor at Remote First Capital. A group of remote founders, operators and early investors
investing in the next generation of remote work. By the community, for the community.  Remote First Capital looks for Startups that improve remote work and Startups that leverage remote work in a unique way.

Andreas is also known for his work with @AngelList. AngelList has over 1 Million candidates looking for remote roles and several thousand companies looking for global talent.

Previous to AngeList, Andreas was founding team member and CTO at ProductHunt and VP of Engineering at CoinList. He led the tech team at @ProductHunt (now part of AngelList). Andreas Klinger, currently Head of Remote HR at Angel List is going to give us a tactic heavy presentation on building an engineering team remotely. In his position at Product Hunt, he led the development team and he’s going to bring you through how he grew that team, what he learned from other startups and the framework you will need to do the same inside your own companies.

CEO

About

Job van der Voort is the CEO of Remote.com. Remote makes it possible to employ anyone, anywhere.  Their mission is to simplify how companies employ the best talent globally, and help remote organizations do their best work.

Remote.com is a major sponsor of Running Remote Online 2020.

Before founding Remote, Job worked as neuroscientist, and led product of the now-largest distributed company in the world, GitLab.

Job will speak about —

Building Your All-Remote Company: Pitfalls and Advantages of a Fully Remote Workforce

Fully remote workforces enjoy a host of advantages over traditional teams, but that doesn’t mean they’re easy to build. Companies that switched to remote work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic should tread carefully before making the change permanent.

Join Job van der Voort, CEO of Remote and former VP of Product at GitLab, as he leads a panel discussion with some of the brightest minds at the forefront of the distributed workforce movement.

Learn how to scale your remote team, how to build a sustainable remote culture, and what to expect when you make the switch.

By the end of this discussion, you will have all the tools you need to lead your company into the remote-first future.

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