{"id":72395,"date":"2025-09-19T00:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/72395\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T00:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:04:10","slug":"inside-the-series-a-mindset-at-disrupt-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/72395\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Series A mindset at Disrupt 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-disrupt-2025\/?utm_source=tc&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2025&amp;utm_content=speakers&amp;promo=post_stantonkranezeb_08012025&amp;display=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>TechCrunch Disrupt 2025<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 taking place October 27\u201329 at Moscone West in San Francisco \u2014 get the unfiltered perspective on landing a Series A in today\u2019s market. No smoke, no mirrors, just straight talk from the people signing the checks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-disrupt-2025\/agenda\/?promo=post_stantonkranezeb_08012025&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2025&amp;utm_content=speakers&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-destinationlink=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-disrupt-2025\/agenda\/?promo=post_stantonkranezeb_08012025&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2025&amp;utm_content=speakers&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=tc\" data-event=\"clickable_image\" height=\"383\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TC25_Stanton-Krane-Zeb-Speaker-16x9-Dark.png\" alt=\"TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Katie Stanton, Thomas Krane, and Sangeen Zeb\" class=\"wp-image-3033186\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Series A has changed \u2014 here\u2019s how to win in 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-disrupt-2025\/agenda\/?promo=post_stantonkranezeb_08012025&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2025&amp;utm_content=speakers&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Builder Stage session<\/strong><\/a> brings together Katie Stanton (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moxxie.vc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Moxxie Ventures<\/a>), Thomas Krane (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insightpartners.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Insight Partners<\/a>), and Sangeen Zeb (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">GV<\/a>). They\u2019ve seen thousands of decks, led major rounds, and helped steer startups from scrappy beginnings to breakout scale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ll hear what actually moves a pitch from \u201cmaybe\u201d to \u201cwe\u2019re in,\u201d including the metrics that matter, how to tell your growth story, and what causes investors to walk away.<\/p>\n<p>Meet the VCs who know how to spot a rocket ship<\/p>\n<p>Meet the VCs who know how to spot a rocket ship<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/katiestanton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Katie Stanton<\/a><\/strong>: From Twitter and the Obama White House to backing 100+ early-stage companies including Airtable, Calm, and Carta, Stanton built <strong>Moxxie Ventures<\/strong> on conviction and founder-first instincts.<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thomaskrane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Thomas Krane<\/a><\/strong>: Managing director at <strong>Insight Partners<\/strong>, Krane has backed major software and cybersecurity names like JFrog and SentinelOne, and knows how to identify scalable traction.<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sangeen-zeb-891b413\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sangeen Zeb<\/a><\/strong>: General partner at <strong>GV<\/strong>, Zeb focuses on enterprise and AI startups, serving on boards including Vercel and Harvey while leading investments in some of tech\u2019s most talked-about growth stories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Navigate today\u2019s market with confidence<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Series A landscape is tighter, stakes are higher, and this session offers a rare, hands-on look at how to raise on your terms and build for the long game. Join 10,000+ startup and VC leaders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 and save up to <strong>$650<\/strong> with Regular Bird pricing before rates increase on September 27. Save your <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-disrupt-2025\/tickets\/?promo=post_stantonkranezeb_08012025&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2025&amp;utm_content=speakers&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>seat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 \u2014 taking place October 27\u201329 at Moscone West in San Francisco \u2014 get the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,19,17,9509,9512,49646,9510,9511,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-72395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-tc-disrupt","12":"tag-tc-disrupt-2025","13":"tag-tc-event-promo","14":"tag-techcrunch-disrupt","15":"tag-techcrunch-disrupt-2025","16":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}