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Enterprise Seed Fundraising Template

ICP Definition & �GTM Planning

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{COMPANY} LOGO

{Company} is the leading XYZ platform for XYZ

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{Company} Customer Personas

PERSONA #2

PERSONA #1

PERSONA #3

The Leader�(insert title)

The Practitioner (insert title)

The XYZ �(insert title)

Describe who this persona is and what they are responsible for (key tasks performed, priorities etc.)

Describe who this persona is and what they are responsible for (key tasks performed, priorities etc.)

Describe who this persona is and what they are responsible for (key tasks performed, priorities etc.)

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{Company} is starting with [medium] enterprise

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Segment

Features

Startup��[Describe the makeup of this org; number of employees, number of targeted users, focus]

E.g. (e < 200); 1-15 ML personnel; engineering focus

Basic[Describe what this subscription plan consists of; what types of features, how many users, avg. ARR]

E.g. Basic features, no API, limit 1M outsourced images; ARR $6k/yr

Small

[Insert]

Premium

[Insert]

Medium

[Insert]

Enterprise

E.g. full features, unlimited images; avg. ARR $100k/yr

Large

[Insert]

XL Enterprise

[Insert]

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{Company}’s GTM is focused on growth & broad adoption

Describe the type of companies you’re targeting:

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E.g. We’re targeting companies with a data labeling needs that handle sensitive data and employ a Head of ML

Direct Sales Target Characteristics

Value to Company

Describe your direct sales target; what is their title?

E.g. Head of ML

How is this persona valuable to you?

E.g. Recognized need for data labeling at speed

How big is the organization?

E.g. 1000-5000 in employment

E.g. Mission-critical product features that rely on ML capabilities

Add any additional qualifying factors that best describe this org

E.g. > 5% ML engineering contingent

E.g. Innovative, early adopters with a balanced approach to risk and opportunity

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{Company}’s appealing directly to decision makers to �drive deals to close

PAIN

Organization

Funded Program

Solution Prioritized

Describe your target organization

Describe the pain points faced by your target org

Demonstrate that your solution is a funded program

Demonstrate how your solution has been prioritized

Describe your ICP (who do they report to, what are they responsible for?)

Example:

  • 1,000 - 5,000 employees
  • > 5% ML engineers
  • Head of ML on staff

Example:

  • Sensitive data samples
  • Labeling inefficiencies
  • Stakeholder frustration

Example:

  • Exec sponsor
  • Drivers & objectives understood
  • Resources committed

Example:

  • Stakeholders identified
  • Budget defined
  • Timeframe for solution defined

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E.g. The ICP consists of Head of ML and MLOps, that must report to CTO and are responsible for end-to-end ML development and deployment.

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How does {Company} choose design partners?

Describe how you’re qualifying your design partners (what are the key characteristics that define them?):

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  • Characteristic #1E.g. They are experiencing such pain with data labeling that they are willing to spend up to 3-months with us, to work towards a solution.
  • Characteristic #2E.g. They believe in our data labeling vision and enterprise automation solution
  • Characteristic #3�
  • Characteristic #4�
  • Characteristic #5

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2023 Strategic Roadmap

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E.g.

Web

E.g.

Platform Intelligence

E.g. Infrastructure

2023 - Q2

2023 - Q3

2023 - Q4

Feature #1

Feature #5

Feature #2

Feature #7

Feature #4

Feature #6

Feature #9

Feature #3

Feature #8

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Customer Use Cases

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Use Case #1

Use Case #2

Use Case #3

Use Case #4

[LOGO #1] [LOGO #2]

[LOGO #1] [LOGO #2]

[LOGO #1] [LOGO #2]

[LOGO #1] [LOGO #2]

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Companies are demanding this solution now

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“This is a placeholder for customer quote #1. This is a placeholder for customer quote #1. This is a placeholder for customer quote #1.”

[NAME OF PERSON, TITLE]

[Insert logo]

[Insert logo]

[Insert logo]

[Insert logo]

[Insert logo]

[Insert logo]

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Companies�in pipeline

XX

Design partners in �X Number of verticals

$XXM

In opportunity

$XXM

Open deals

[Insert logo]

[ A R R = $ X Y Z ]

“This is a placeholder for customer quote #2. This is a placeholder for customer quote #2. This is a placeholder for customer quote #2.”

[NAME OF PERSON, TITLE],

[Insert logo]

[ A R R = $ X Y Z ]

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{Company} is on track to overcome pipeline obstacles

Demonstrate how you’re overcoming pipeline roadblocks:

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  • example #1E.g. Building value that’s not possible internally: Some large, highly technical organizations are focused on leveraging data-labeling products internally. These companies are interested in our automated labeling products and will start to convert in Q4, 2023. In the meantime we’re keeping them warm by sharing product and sales milestones as they occur. Examples here are XYZ.
  • Example #2
  • example #3