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How To Build Fundraising Momentum With Investors

Fundraising for your startup requires next-level hustle. Here’s how to get the ball rolling and garner the attention of angels and venture capital investors.

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Best of 2021: Fundraising Advice From 21 Founders

A round-up of the best tips for raising startup capital, as shared by 21 top founders who raised over $500M in 2021.

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3 Critical Things To Do Before You Send Your First Fundraising Email

Getting your process organized BEFORE you reach out to the first investor is key if you want to raise startup capital fast.

Raising Capital

How To Build A List Of 200+ Investor Prospects That Are Likely To Fund Your Startup

Startup founders often pitch 200+ investors in a fundraising round. Here are 8 websites, tactics and methods to build a list of investors likely to buy into your company.

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Fundraising Insights From The Founder Of Indiegogo, humbition And Vincent

Slava Rubin, co-founder of Indiegogo and alt investment platform Vincent shares his secrets for raising capital.

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How To Use LinkedIn and Cold Email To Quickly Raise a Seed Round

Thomas Fairey of Stakester shares his tips for using LinkedIn and cold email to "run a sales process" when raising capital.

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How To Acquire A Startup From Another Founder & Raise Private Equity Capital

How Joel Holland of RV campsite platform Harvest Hosts acquired the company from another entrepreneur and then raised $37 million in private equity from Stripes. Here's his story.

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How To Launch A VC Fund: Michael Kim of Cendana Capital, a "Fund-Of-Funds"

How To Launch A Venture Fund: Michael Kim of "Fund-of-Funds" Cendana Capital Explains How To Become A VC.

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From Venture Studio to A $7M Raise: Lindsay Tjepkema of Casted

How Lindsay Tjepkema, CEO of B2B podcasting app Casted raised $7 million in Series A funding from Revolution Ventures, High High Alpha Capital, Elevate Ventures and Tappan Hill Ventures.

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How To Raise Capital For a Hardware Startup: David Rabie of Tovala

David Rabie, CEO of smart oven startup Tovala talks about raising capital for a hardware startup, going through Y Combinator, doing an Angellist Syndicate, what has changed between the Series A and Series C rounds, the Chicago startup scene, and more.

Investor Updates

Investor Updates: Your Secret Weapon For Raising Venture Capital

How to use Investor Updates to raise venture capital. Includes what to write, who to send it to, and when to send it. Also includes links to an investor update template and investor update examples.

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How To Fit The Silicon Valley "Archetype" (even if you don't)

Donnel Baird is not your "archetypal" startup founder - he's a Black, non-technical entrepreneur based in Brooklyn. But he's raised $68 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Kapor Capital and many others. Here's how he did it.

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"SJM Seeking Soul Mate For Long Walks On The Beach" (+ Venture Capital For A Novel Dating App)

How Adam Cohen Asletai raised $3.2 million in venture capital from Gaingels and Mark Pincus, founder of mobile game company Zynga for his dating app S'more.

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How To Raise Strategic Capital (e.g. from Stripe) - Domm Holland's Series B for Fast.co

How Domm Holland, an Australian startup founder, built a network in Silicon Valley, founded a successful tech startup, and raised $124 million in funding from Stripe, Addition and Index Ventures.

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Kickstarter, Accelerators, VCs, Oh My! Pree Walia's Wild Fundraising Ride

How Pree Walia raised capital for her hardware startup Nailbot.com, her experience with the HAX Accelerator and TechCrunch Battlefield, running a Kickstarter campaign, getting on the TV show "Meet The Drapers" and more.

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The Lightning-Fast Series A (That Was 3+ Years In The Making)

How Christine Tao of Sounding Board ran an oversubscribed venture capital process in 6 weeks as a female, non-technical founder.

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How To Set A Fundraising Timeline - Isabelle Kenyon of Calibrate

Isabelle Kenyon used her experience as a former investment banker to raise venture capital for Calibrate. Here's how she ran a really efficient process.

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He Met His Co-Founders On Reddit (and raised $4M from Greycroft) - Bradley Davis of Podchaser

Bradley Davis launched Podchaser by posting the idea of an "IMDB for podcasts" on Reddit, and used that to recruit a CTO and distributed founding team. He went on to raise an angel round from Kentucky horse farmers, then a $4M round from premier VC firm Greycroft.

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She Met With 263+ Investors - Zuleyka Strasner of Zero Grocery

Zuleyka Strasner pitched 263 investors to raise capital for her zero-plastic grocery delivery company. She discusses leveraging your network, the power of persistence, dealing with hundreds of nos, and how finding the right investors can help you flourish.

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He Raised $2.3M from Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, YC and Peter Thiel - Brian Vallelunga of Doppler

Brian Vallelunga, CEO of Doppler, was rejected from Y Combinator 6 times but got in on the 7th try and went on to raise venture capital from Peter Thiel, Kleiner Perkins, and Sequoia. Here's his story.

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How to raise a $32M SEED Round - Jonathan Siddharth of Turing

How Jonathan Siddharth went from being an EIR at VC firm Foundation Capital to launching a marketplace to hire the world's best remote engineers.

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How Jack Conte Used Storytelling To Raise $256M For Patreon

Jack Conte founded Patreon after he sunk his life savings into making a popular YouTube video -- and received almost nothing for it. Now, $250M+ in VC funding later, Patreon is thriving. Here's his story.

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The Right Questions To Ask VCs with Milana Lewis of Stem.is

Milana Lewis, CEO of music tech startup Stem.is, raised capital from Gary Vaynerchuk, Scooter Braun and Mark Cuban. Here's how she did it.

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How Joseph Woodbury of Neighbor.com raised a $10M Series A from A16Z

What do you do when get a call from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as you're boarding a flight home to Utah?

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How David Rogier of MasterClass Hustled His Way to a $100M Series E Venture Round

Catch our interview with David Rogier, CEO of MasterClass on how he raised over $240 million for his startup featuring lessons from superstars like Serena Williams, Gordon Ramsay, Steph Curry and more.

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