Divide in 2 teams: founders & investors.

Read carefully.

And prepare to pitch.

Founders pick their startup cards.

Each investor gets $10m.

Try not to go bankrupt fast.

Startups can win by taking red cards.

or may not...

Founders can start taking the lucky cards after 2 investment rounds.

Investors win if their valuation goes to $1 billion or more.

Goal of the game.

You may IPO...

Founders pick 1 event card every ronud. And only read the first line loudly.

After all pitched, investors do their investments.

1 investor = 1 company per round

Now it's time to pitch. And bluff.

How do rounds go?

This is what's going to happen to investor's money. Startups don't care about this.

Investor has to invest all of his money every round. No diversification.

Example: $1m invested * x0 = $0 -> investor goes bankrupt. Game over for him. Startup survives.

Example: Founder doesn't get any investment (4 founders, 3 investors playing). Startup dies.

Example: $1m invested * x1.5 = $1.5m goes back to investor after the round. Startup survives.

Investors count the money. Startups just pitch.

Example: Investor doesn't get any investment opportunity (3 founders, 4 investors playing). His net worth goes x0.5.

Investors who dont go bankrupt after the round finished (cards get shown and money gets calculated), get to take the lucky cards.

May be good.

May be bad.

Try not to go bankrupt!

They can't make you win. They can just help.