Board Meetings & Investor Updates: What VCs Actually Want to See

Once you've raised a real round, you have a board and investors to report to, and that changes how you run the company. How do you prepare for a board meeting that's actually useful? What should go into your investor updates, and what do VCs look for between the lines? And how do you build trust with your board over time, especially when the numbers aren't where you want them to be?

In this roundtable, Ben Nahir, Partner at Elevate Capital, shares the investor's side of the table with a small group of founders who are working through exactly these questions.

What we'll talk about:

• How to prepare and run board meetings that help you, not just inform your investors

• What a strong investor update looks like and what investors actually read

• How to communicate bad news and missed targets without losing trust

• Building a working relationship with your board as the company grows

Format

1. Each founder introduces themselves: name, company and their specific question

2. Ben introduces himself

3. Open roundtable discussion around the founders' questions

Please come with one concrete question about your board or investor communication. What founders share stays in the room.