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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
How I Raised It Podcast "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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
How I Raised It Podcast 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?
How I Raised It Podcast 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.
Investor Updates How To Write High-Impact Investor Updates Writing and sending an Investor Update is one of the most powerful things you can do for your business. We cover the two key types of updates, what to include, and how to use updates to raise venture capital.
How I Raised It Podcast How To Raise Capital During A Pandemic: Gautam Tambay on Springboard's $31m Round (Podcast) So what’s it like to raise capital during a pandemic? Gautam Tambay shares his (awesome) strategies for raising $31M for his online education platform Springboard.
How I Raised It Podcast Raising Capital For Unshackled, a Venture Fund Focused On Immigrant Founders (podcast) We catch up with Nitin Pachisia, founder of Unshackled.vc, a venture fund focused on immigrant founders.
How I Raised It Podcast Raising Capital For Jammber, A Cool Music Tech Startup Based In Nashville (Podcast) We catch up with Marcus Cobb, CEO of Jammber.com a platform that helps musicians and songwriters manage their royalties and split revenues. Jammber most recently raised capital from Steve Case's "Rise of the Rest" fund / Revolution VC.
How I Raised It Podcast Why The Founder Of Startup Grind “Turned To The Dark Side” And Raised Venture Capital For His New Startup, Bevy Derek Andersen, founder of Startup Grind and Bevy, discusses why he chose to raise VC and shares his top three tips for fundraising from a position of power — including choosing your VC partner wisely and pivoting to turn risks into opportunities.
How I Raised It Podcast Charles Hudson On Raising A Venture Fund Focused On Pre-Seed Deals Charles talks about how many investor pitches it takes to raise a first-time fund, what LPs expect to see before committing to fund #2, the dynamics of being a single GP, deal sourcing outside Silicon Valley, how he assesses pre-revenue startups and more.
How I Raised It Podcast 4 Non-Obvious Fundraising Tips from a Silicon Valley Outsider (Podcast with Aydin Mirzaee of Fellow.app) Aydin Mirzaee shares 14 tips for raising capital including picking the right partner, designing the pitch deck, the importance of "story," building credibility, valuation, negotiating terms and more.
How I Raised It Podcast How Elizabeth Yin Found Success in Launching a VC Fund for ‘Hilariously Early’ Startups” (Podcast) Episode 150 of "How I Raised It" is an interview with Elizabeth Yin of HustleFund.vc who has a pretty interesting method for investing in *really* early stage companies.
How I Raised It Podcast Raising Capital For Backstage Capital, a VC Firm Focused On Under-Represented Founders (Podcast) We catch up with Arlan Hamilton on her journey from being homeless to raising over $10 million for a VC fund serving Women, People of Color, and LGBTQ founders.
How I Raised It Podcast Managing a Down Round (Podcast): George Arison of Shift Topics: how startup valuations really work, tips for surviving a downturn, and what happens during "down rounds" - anti-dilution clauses, changing the liquidation stack, increasing the option pool etc.
