Episodes

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Greg Miaskiewicz the Co-founder and CEO of Capbase explains how he managed to raise money for Capbase, while there is such a large firm (Carta) operating in this field. He also explains how to differentiate your company from large (and small) competitors and se…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Kristina Francis Principal at The Marathon Fund and a member of Pipeline angels explains how this angel group works and who should try working with it. Kristina Francis' podcast: Get Found Get Funded https://getfoundgetfunded.com/

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Sebastian Zhou Investor at Alpha Square Group explains how family offices act now VS how they act in the "normal" times and also gives recommendations on which investors to approach first during this pandemic. Alpha Square Group's website: https://alphasquar…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Gregory Lim, the CEO and co-founder of Persosa explains how they are raising their new round during this pandemic and how is it different from fundraising in the times of "peace".  Gregory Lim's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorylim/

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, our guest Steve Shwartz provides advice around angel investing, how he does it, and how to receive it! Starting in 2000, Shwartz became an angel investor by joining Tango. He was the leader and board member until promoted to chief technology officer. In 2005, h…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Ramsay Brown, the co-founder of Boundless Mind explains how he as a first time founder was raising money for his company and gives advice to other entrepreneurs on this process. Ramsay's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsaybr/

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Jim Connor the member of Sand Hill Angels and an Executive Producer at Game Changers Silicon Valley, explains how to find the right investors, how to reach out to them and how to give a great pitch (and how to prepare one!)

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Vivin Hegde the Director at Hilti Tech Office explains how Hilti CVC department makes its decisions, what metrics they use and what do they like to invest in.

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Landon Ainge, the Managing Director at Assure Syndicates explains how he helps startups to raise money without charing any fees or even taking any equity. He explains how the syndication process works and what he gets out of it.

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Grant Van Cleve an ex-President at Tech Coast Angels at Orange County and a current member of Board of Governors of Tech Coast Angels as well as an angel investor and a Managing Partner at Hangar 75 explains the current landscape of investment field from the in…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Vishal Uttam Founder and Managing Partner at Veloquence Capital explains why is it a good time for fundraising now and how VCs behave. He also explains how Veloquence Capital invests and how their approach to investing changed after the COVID-19 breakout.

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Tina Tosukhowong the Senior Director at GC International explains how their investment strategies work and how their approach of looking at the companies is different from a VC's approach. We also discussed how founders can improve their chances of getting fund…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Gianluca Guerra the CEO at Virgilius Wealth explains how he connects corporations to young startups and how this process works. He also talks about the multistage fundraising process and how it can be done in an efficient way. If you have some questions, reach …

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Mark Crawford - Venture Capital Investor at Stanley Ventures and Intel Capital will explain how does Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) work and how is it different from a Venture Capital (VC). Lots of insights into this question by an experienced investor who was…

In this educational episode Nathan Beckord, the founder and CEO of Foundersuite explains how his software can be used by founders to accelerate and make their fundraising easier.

In this episode of Fundraising Radio the guest speaker is Nathan Beckord, the co-founder and CEO of Foundersuite - the tool that helps founders fundraise. And in this episode Nathan explains the major strategies used to fundraising, how much time should you use making a research on investors, how b…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio the guest speaker is Christian Pankovcin, analyst at 13 Ventures and he explains how much more useful a connection to an analyst can be rather than to a managing partner. We also touched onto the deal flow and deal sourcing of 13 Ventures and New York Angels.

In this episode of Fundraising Radio the guest speaker is Erik de Stefanis - analyst at Interlace Ventures. And he explains the role of an analyst in a venture fund and how startup founders can use analysts to get to the managers of the fund. This episode is mainly about going through a less tradit…

Tristan Pollock built and sold two companies - SocialEarth and Storefront and in this episode we focus on this - how to approach fundraising, how to get first contacts, how the life in the accelerator looks like and what happens after the demo day. Because Tristan was also a partner of 500 Startups…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio the guest speaker is Mitzi Krockover, managing director, Co-Chair of the Health Sector Committee and the Founding Member of Golden Seeds' Arizona chapter. And in this episode we are primarily focused on discussing the work of the Golden Seeds - angel group that …

In this episode of Fundraising Radio our guest speaker is Stacey Feinberg the Founder of 33 Capital and a Managing Director at Golden Seeds. Stacey explains what the major mistakes are that she sees in the pitch decks and during the presentations. She also talked about reaching out to investors and…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Gay Gaddis the founder of T3 explained how she ran a company for 30 years until acquisition without raising any money. As bootstrapping becomes more and more popular during COVID-19 this episode could be very helpful to many founders who are considering this al…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Anton Fedorov, Investment Director at Flashpoint Venture Capital explained why Israel is such a popular place for venture investing in Europe and also talked about non-US based companies making 50%+ of their revenue from the US customers. This episode will be in…

In this episode we talked about two major subjects: growing your network once you move to a new city/country and how to find new partnerships and the second topic being the fundraising itself. Zenetta Burger explains what she does as a scout for Mucker Capital and how scouts work and can be helpful…