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May 29, 2025

How you can get your customers' funds instantly through Request For Payment.

TLDR: RFP is a capability offered by RTP and FedNow rails. It offers instant “pulls” from users’ external bank accounts without employing AFT. This system offers instant settlement. Main issue of t…

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March 26, 2025

JIT Funding for Crypto Payouts with Virtual Cards.

This article is made for anyone in the payments (payouts) space, but especially for those in the crypto payments space. I will describe in detail what I believe to be one of the most elegant ways to utilize Virtual Cards. First of all, what is JIT?…

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Feb. 24, 2022

Creative Ways to Fund Your Startup with Cryptocurrency

Starting life as a tech nerd curio, cryptocurrencies are now increasingly woven into the fabric of the contemporary startup scene. There are all sorts of ways this is happening. But here, we’re just interested in how it’s producing some …

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April 7, 2021

Top 3 Hardware Stocks to Buy Despite Shortages

Disclaimer: This is a collaborative post. Fundraising Radio is not providing any financial advice or encouraging you to purchase any particular stocks. This content should be used for educational purposes only and we highly recommend you conducting …

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March 23, 2021

Joe Tonnos on SPACS and more:

Background   Joe Tonnos is a principal at Mistral Equity Partners and a Co-Founder of Ketch Ventures, which is a syndicate group he co-founded with a colleague from his investment banking days. Mistral Equity Partners is primarily focused on …

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Jan. 22, 2021

Overcoming Rejection and Failure with Perseverance. - Taylor Nieman Episode Summary.

Background:  This blog post is based on the conversation we had with Taylor Nieman for the Fundraising Radio podcast. Taylor Nieman is the CoFounder and CEO of Toucan which is a browser plugin that helps you learn a new language while going ab…

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Jan. 19, 2021

Startups in the HealthCare Industry - Abboud Chaballout Episode Summary

Background  (This blog post is based on our conversation with Abboud Chaballout for the Fundraising Radio) Fundraising Radio was proud to host Abboud Chaballout in our recent guest lineup. He has built himself an amazing portfolio as he is th…

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Jan. 10, 2021

Does Your Business Structure Affect Your Fundraising Ability?

Raising capital involves knowing your strengths and weaknesses as a firm, as well as understanding what investorsare looking for. There are many factors that can influence your ability to fundraise for your business. Marketconditions, your team, you…

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Dec. 3, 2020

Brian Mac Mahon, Expert Dojo founder, share his views on early stage fund raising & Accelerators

This blog post was written by : Luis Bravo.    This article is based on a conversation we had with Brian Mac Mahon on the Fundraising Radio podcast. Here is the link to that episode if you would like to check it out: https://www.fundrais…

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Dec. 2, 2020

Acquired for $985 million by eBay - legendary serial entrepreneur, Greg Shepard talks about building startups.

This Fundraising Radio blog post is based on our interview with Greg Shepard. Greg is a serial entrepreneur with over 14 exits who was also part of a $985 million dollar transaction with eBay. It started with eBay buying one of Greg’s companie…

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Dec. 1, 2020

What is a Hedge Fund and can startups raise from them?

Background:   This article is based on an interview we had with Ryan Zhang and Mi Tu for Fundraising Radio.  Ryan Zhang and Mi Tu are partners and Co-Founders of  Standard Capital L.P. , a hedge fund.  Ryan is a Chinese immigra…

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Nov. 30, 2020

Artem Mashkov on why some founders shouldn't raise money and advice for founders in the retail industry

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Artem Mashkov to pick his brain for a while. He provided us and our listeners with invaluable business advice. Some background on Artem: For the uninitiated, Artem is the COO of SwagUp and the founder and p…

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Nov. 27, 2020

Jinal Jahaveri, Episode Summary:

This blog post is a  short summary of Jinal Jahaveri's episode. Jinal is an engineer turned entrepreneur and also an investor. He is founder and chairman of the company «SchoolMint» (​https://www.schoolmint.com)​ , as well a…

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Nov. 25, 2020

Venture Lending and Venture Debt

This blog post is based on a conversation we had with Troy Zander for the fundraising radio podcast.Troy Zander is a partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP. He is the partner in charge of the San Diego Office, and the head of the firm's venture lendi…

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Nov. 24, 2020

How startups can work with banks

This blog post is based on a conversation we had with Reza Sabahi for the Fundraising Radio podcast. Reza Sabahi is the managing director at Wells Fargo Capital finance (https://wellsfargocapitalfinance.com) , which is one of the specialized lending…

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Nov. 23, 2020

Sarah Leners on getting your first call with investors

In this short FundRaising Radio blog post we will summarize the tips Sarah Leners, Venture Capital Senior Associate at Bull City Venture Partners, shared in regards to getting your first call with an investor.   Networking advice for founders…

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Nov. 20, 2020

Investing in Immigrant founders.

This blog post is based on the conversation we had with Nitin Pachisia on the Fundraising Radio podcast.   First of all Nitin gives some background on himself and on Unshackled Ventures which he started about six years ago. While discussing&n…

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Nov. 19, 2020

How investors source their deals

How five investors source their deals, by Luis Bravo. Jasmine Yu Zhang, Venture University and Angel Investor: Jasmine Yu Zhang is a partner at Venture University. According to its LinkedIn, Venture University is  “the world's leading i…

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Nov. 18, 2020

How to get your startup through COVID-19.

In today’s blog post we will make quite a relevant summary of our guests’ views on the investing, fundraising and basically surviving during COVID-19.  We have chosen 5 episodes in which this topic was discussed. That way you will …

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Nov. 17, 2020

Jessica Li's advice for startup founders:

In this article Jessica Li, investor at Soma Capital, tells us about choosing the right person to invest in your idea,  she shares some details about early stage fundraising and about her personal investment preferences.    Some bac…

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Nov. 16, 2020

How to fund your startup through grants?

This article is based on the conversation we had with Sedale Trubovsky. For the uninitiated Sedale Trubovsky is a serial entrepreneur, who is currently the founder and CEO of Open Grants. Sedale’s interest and proclivities for grants stems fro…

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Sept. 16, 2020

Abbreviations you need to know before starting to fundraise.

Now we would like to offer you some commonly used (in the startup investment field) abbreviations so that you don’t feelconfused or stupid when investors or other founders through them at you. 1. VC - venture capital or more frequently meanin…

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Aug. 3, 2020

Investing features during COVID-19 pandemic, cross-border investing and alternative sources of capital with Jonathan Hung.

In today’s episode of Fundraising Radio Jonathan Hung, who is a Co-Managing Partner (MP) at Unicorn Venture Partners (UVP) and also an experienced entrepreneur, tells us about investing features during COVID-19 pandemic (spoiler: attempts to…

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July 27, 2020

5 documents that investors look for prior to investing in a startup

In our educational episode Yev Muchnik, who happens to be the founder of Launch Legal LLC and an expert in securities transactions, told us about the 5 documents which are absolutely essential for investors. So if you are about to set up your own …

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