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What is fundraising?
What is fundraising for startups?
Is fundraising easy? No. Fundraising is brutal
Should your startup fundraise from investors?
Fundraising rounds
What are rounds when raising for a startup?
Tips
You need to build traction whilst you fundraise
Don’t copy what famous founders do when they fundraise. You’re not famous yet
e27 TOP100 Academy AMA on startup fundraising
FAQ
Will investors fund my startup idea?
AA 011: How to pitch two ideas to a VC?
25 startups that raised without a product
What is the best time of year to fundraise for your startup
AA 008: What’s the best time in a startup’s life to approach an investor?
How much should I share with my employees about our fundraising process/progress?
What is an example of a 2 and 20 rule in venture capital?
What do investors understand that many startup founders don’t?
What is the most unreasonable funding request you have ever received as an angel investor?
How can I get seed funding without giving away the idea?
Understanding investors
Types of investors
What is the difference between a venture investor and a non-venture investor?
How investors are different
A meaningful startup exit strategy is not the same thing for venture capital
What investors care about
Investible Founding Startup Teams
Sole founders are bad. You can’t build a billion dollar despicable me startup
Why investors aren’t honest
Bill Reichert: Top 10 Lies VCs Tell Entrepreneurs
Decisions
Startup valuation methods don’t work. Here’s how to do it
Guide to understanding valuation multiples in pricing startups
Sources and uses of funds runway calculator. How much to raise?
What’s your startup valuation is the wrong question (Here’s how it really works)
Free startup dilution calculator. How does dilution for founders work with ESOP and investment
How much do you want to sell your startup for?
The two key business model tests to know if you are fundable
Fundraising strategy. Ask for what you need and try get what you want to raise
Mindset
AA 030: Importance of founder confidence when pitching
Assume the answer is no, and focus on improving your pitch
Any specific advice for female founders with regards to fund raising?
Critical feedback when you are crapping your pants
Fundable startups are fundable
The real reason founders are not funded VCs don’t say in a pitch process
The fundraising process
Learn the Secrets of Dealing with VCs with Venture Deals Co-Author Jason Mendelson
VC Fundraising 101 for Startup Businesses from Wellington Partners
Why I want a pitch deck before a pitch in a fundraising process
Prepare to raise
Key things to do before your raise
How do solo founders deal with their startup while pitching for funds?
7 Things Reid Hoffman Wish He Knew Before Pitching LinkedIn to VCs
Material
The fundraising documents you need to pitch venture capitalists
What is due diligence
Due diligence checklist request list for startup fundraising from investors
NDA
AA 019: Will investors sign my NDA?
Non disclosure agreements (NDA) for startup fundraising don’t matter, so don’t sign nda
Learning to pitch
Collection of the best tech startup pitch video
Pitch decks
See the pitch deck page
40 pitch red flags which will undermine your startup fundraise
Advisors
Should you use a professional fundraising advisor to raise your startup round?
Outreach
Finding investors
Fundraising process manager tool
How to connect with investors
Writing a Cold Email Template for Venture Capital Investors
This is how to get a venture capital introduction for your startup fundraise
AA 021: How do I get introductions to investors?
Tips
Don’t use caps when reaching out to investors
Prepare for meetings
What to do before a meeting
How to get funded by venture capital and angel investors
AA 003: How can I prepare for a meeting with a potential pre-seed investor?
Watch rapper Chamillionaire do a pitch for his startup Convoz
How to dress
How founders should dress when pitching a VC your startup
AA 028: How founders should dress when pitching a VC your startup
Examples of Q&A
Fundraising deal questions: What venture capital startup interview questions will be asked
Fundraising financial questions: Questions to ask an entrepreneur. What VCs will ask
Fundraising sales questions: What venture capital startup interview questions will be asked
HQQA001 How much are you raising?
HQQA002 What will be your use of capital? How will you spend it?
HQQA003 Why do you want to fundraise [$10m]?
HQQA004 What are your milestones for the next round?
HQQA005 Why are you raising now?
HQQA006 What is your startup runway?
HQQA007 What will your runway be for this round?
HQQA008 When do you want to raise next?
HQQA009 How much more money do you plan on raising?
HQQA010 How much do you want to raise at your next round?
HQQA011 Who is your ideal investor?
HQQA012 Are you raising at the moment?
HQQA013 Who else are you talking to?
HQQA014 When are you looking to close?
HQQA015 Why do you want to raise from us, specifically?
HQQA017 There may be a conflict with one of our portfolio companies, are you happy to talk to us?
HQQA018 What are your deal expectations?
HQQA019 What is your valuation at the last round?
HQQA020 What are your valuation expectations?
HQQA021 What are the terms of the deal?
HQQA023 How much do you have committed so far?
HQQA024 How long have you been raising?
HQQA025 Have you thought about raising venture debt?
HQQA029 Why isn’t your existing lead leading this round?
HQQA031 Do you have any government grants?
HQQA032 Did you think about crowdfunding?
HQQA034 How to get venture capital funding if you knew you wouldn’t raise more funding?
HQQA037 How will your burn rate increase after the round?
HQQA038 What KPI are you focused on?
HQQA040 Walk us through the fully burdened unit economics of your product or service
HQQA041 When will you be profitable?
HQQA042 Are you focused on growth or profitability?
HQQA043 How can you reduce your break-even rate point up 6 months in your plan?
HQQA044 How large is your ESOP pool?
HQQA048 What are the key assumptions in your model?
HQQA049 What are the key drivers of growth?
HQQA050 What do you do if your top line expectations do not match expectations?
HQQA051 How many customers do you need to break even?
HQQA052 How do you make money?
HQQA053 What’s your business model?
HQQA054 How quickly are revenues growing? What is fueling that? What are the bottlenecks?
HQQA26 Who are your investors?
HQQA27 Are your existing investors investing in this round?
HQQA28 What are your investors pro-rata rights?
HQQA30 Do you have convertible notes? What are the terms?
HQQA33 Have you thought about going to an accelerator?
HQQA36 What is your burn rate?
Who are your startup competitors?
AA 026: Who are your startup competitors?
AA 023: How can I get competitor information?
AA 022: Should I talk to my startup competitors?
Meetings
Founder confidence. How you answer investors’ questions matter
How to pitch in a venture capital meeting
Tips
How to do a demo in a venture capital pitch
Post meetings / follow up
Real VC feedback on a founder’s startup
Investor pitch meanings. If they say this in your meeting you know if it went well or not
Investors will end your pitch if you suck, but that’s a good thing
Why founders hate VC rejection emails
Deal terms and structures
Valuation
AA 018: What is your opinion on intellectual property for VC valuation?
Closing the deal
Don’t lie to investors about who is investing