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Tips For Running A Tight Fundraise

Roneil Rumburg is a former VC who shares his top tips for controlling your fundraising process, including optimizing timing, building trust, having a specific "ask" and the importance of conviction.

How I Raised It

3 Tactics That Helped This Sustainability Startup Raise Over $30 Million

TemperPack manufactures environmentally sustainable packaging products. In this interview, Brian talks about raising venture capital from Revolution. Arborview Capital, Harbert Growth Partners, Closed Loop Partners, Greenhouse Capital, Tao Capital Partners and SJF Ventures.

How I Raised It

The Inside Story Of Raising $59 Million For Pilot, Waseem Daheer's Startup

Interview with Waseem Daher of PIlot.com, makers of an online bookkeeping platform for startups. The Company recently raised $40 million from Index Ventures and Stripe. Previous investors include Drew Houston, Adam D'Angelo, John Collison and other angels.

Fundraising tactics for startups

How Thejo Kote Used Product-Market Fit As A Fundraising Strategy

Thejo Kote of spend management startup Airbase talks about using product market fit to raise $7M from First Round Capital. Village Global, BoxGroup, Quiet Capital, and Maynard Webb.

Fundraising tactics for startups

The Hustle To Yes: 25 Startup Founders Share Their Best Fundraising Advice

We interviewed 25 startup founders who collective have raised nearly a quarter of a billion in venture capital. Here are their best tips, tactics and advice.

Fundraising tactics for startups

How My Wife and I Raised $11 Million For "The Mom Project"

Gregory Robinson’s fundraising journey for "The Mom Project" -- a market that helps women return to the workforce. The Mom Project raised raised $8 million from Grotech Ventures and Initialized Capital Management.

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High-Visibility Fundraising

A powerful feature within Foundersuite.com: when you turn this toggle on you will be able to see ALL email threads happening with EVERY investor.

Raising Capital

Raising Capital (And Saving The Planet) With Lab-Grown Fish

Mike Selden raised $3.5 million in venture capital from Billy Draper and other investors for his lab-grown seafood startup. Here's how he did it.

Fundraising tactics for startups

3 Tips for Successful Fundraising From VC-Turned-Entrepreneur Lewis Gersh

Lewis Gersh was previously a venture capitalist (VC) at Metamorphic Ventures. Now as Founder and CEO of Pebblepost, he shares his best tips for raising capital.

Fundraising tactics for startups

Building The Ultimate Diverse Cap Table

Rousseau Kazi raised $10.5 million from Sequoia Capital and prominent angel investors while building a diverse cap table. Here's how he did it.

Raising Capital

How to Get Into Y Combinator and Raise $10 Million

Cameron Yarbrough is the CEO of Torch, a leadership platform. He shares what he learned at Y Combinator and his process for raising a $10 million Series A.

Raising Capital

My "Tough Love" Talk For Founders Raising Capital

Fundraising is tough, and startup founders often need a "pep talk" when raising capital.

Investor Updates

How To Create An Investor Update “Virtuous Cycle”

How to use investor updates to build relationships with venture capital and angel investors. Tactics used by startups to raise capital.

Investor Database

Guide To Using The Foundersuite Investor Database

How to use Foundersuite's Investor Database to search, filter and built a target list of angels and VC firms.