About
A serial entrepreneur turned serial investor, Denes Ban is the CEO of RAISE - a global leading fundraising advisory; a Managing Partner of OurCrowd - a US$2.5billion VC fund; and the CGO of Happiness Capital, the global venture capital arm of the LKK Group.
Denes has privately invested in over 100 companies (of which 15 are unicorns). His exits include Uber (NYSE: UBER), Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Beyond Meat (Nasdaq: BYND), CyberX (acquired by Microsoft), Corephotonics (acquired by Samsung), Briefcam (acquired by Canon), Replay (acquired by Intel), and many more. Denes founded a number of start-ups in the past decade, including founding and selling an HR company and co-founding PocketGuide, one of the world’s leading travel apps and a TechCrunch pitch winner.
Denes personally raised over a billion dollars for 100s of startups. After watching great companies (many of which were his) miss the boat when pitching to investors, he developed an acclaimed Fundraising Masterclass and a proprietary “Fundraisability Score” tool that can predict companies’ chances to be able to fundraise. He helped thousands of entrepreneurs around the world, has been lecturing at universities such as Harvard, Cambridge, Kellogg, advises VCs, accelerators, individual companies, governments and has been featured on TechCrunch, Wired, Forbes, CNBC, and many more.
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Unlearn everything you thought you knew about fundraising and find out what investors actually want to see from entrepreneurs, especially in a bear market. Take part in our practical, from-the-field, no-nonsense workshop on fundraising from Denes Ban, one of the world’s leading investors and fundraisers.
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Testimonials
“Creative entertaining, and pragmatic tour de force. A must-attend for any startup founder serious about fundraising success.”
Tony Zameczkowski, Vice President, Netflix
"Denes came in to help with our fundraising which was absolutely transformative and helped us to close our round with investors, but he also changed our story for customers and we closed our biggest account yet within 24 hours of our first meeting…”
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Yoni Belson, CEO, Dreamcrew.AI
“We have had 1000s of International CEOs, including some of the world’s most well-known founders in our programs. Denes’ Fundraising Workshop is a must for any entrepreneur out there."
Bo Ji, Vice Dean, CKGSB
