In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Ryan Morris President at Meson Capital, Executive Chairman at Software Motor Company and founder of Belichka tells about his experience in raising money for large and small companies. He explains how larger hard-tech companies secure funding and how is it different from consumer-focused startups. Tons of insights into the fundraising process on different levels.
In this episode the co-founder and CEO of Orb Intelligence, Maria Grineva shares her story of starting a first company back in Russia that generated no revenue but still got acquired by one of the largest internet companies in Russia and then we talk about Orb Intelligence - how first sales are made while you are bootstrapping, should you talk to VCs if you don't plan to raise money from then and tons of insights into the process of fundraising.
In this episode by Fundraising Radio, our guest speaker is Ahmad Abdulkader, the CTO and co-founder of Voicea that raised about $20 million and was recently acquired by Cisco. Ahmad tells about the role of technical people in the fundraising process, explains how to attract talent early on and how even a bad pitch can lead to an acquisition.
In this episode of Fundraising Radio our speaker, Alan Fisher - member and angel investor at Sand Hill Angels tells about the major differences between angel groups, explains how Sand Hill Angels work and who should consider applying. He also covers some resources available for founders that are provided by Sand Hill Angels. Insights into the angel groups in this episode by Alan Fisher.
In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Craig Kaplan, Venture Partner at NexGen Venture Partners explains the importance of initial sales, explains how to speed up the process and how to make sure you don't get stuck in awfully long sales cycles which bankrupted many startups. And of course, we talked about the fundraising process - specifically for early stage startups.
How to assign stock to your employees? How to distribute it among the co-founders? How to store stocks and keep track of the cap table. We even touched onto paying employees through debt and employees purchasing stocks through forgiving debt. Epic educational episode on the legal side of the fundraising with Yev Muchnik, founder of Launch Legal. Educational episode of Fundraising Radio #4
Early stage fundraising can become a legal mess - mixing friends and business is always dangerous and might lead to serious legal issues. To help you guide through this process Yev Muchnik in this episode of Fundraising Radio explains what are some of the major regulations that you need to follow while raising your first money.
In this episode Raphael Danilo - co-founder of Yobs Technologies and also an angel investor with 12 portfolio companies tells about fundraising for complicated technical solutions and what should early stage founders do if they think of building it.
In this episode Chris Lu, angel investor and investor at Employee Stock Option Fund gives a lot of recommendations for early stage founders - how can they reach out to angel investors if they don't have a good network, what books on fundraising should they read prior to raising funding and what he as an angel investor likes to see in the startup.
In this episode of Fundraising Radio Gabriele Sorrento, the Co-Founder and CEO of Mindesk that was recently acquired by Vection Technologies tells how they fundraised, how and where to find investors and why is stealth mode a very bad choice for a startup.
This episode is about going through struggles to reach success. James Marks, Co-founder and CEO of Whiplash explains how he sold his company and how it nearly got bankrupt because of a small mistake they made in the very beginning of this journey. We talked about the importance of legal side, how can one bootstrap a startup for years and how to get your company acquired.
Want to get an NFL player to invest in your company? Want an NBA player to promote your product? Want to partner up with any type of celebrity? First check out this episode with an ex-NFL player - Bret E. Lockett who gives a lot of insights into this topic here on Fundraising Radio!
This episode draws the line under the previous two episodes about Tech Coast Angels - how it operates, how do chapters of TCA work together, how to choose the right chapter and much more. We also touched onto the topic of foundations and family offices and about ways that founders can get in touch with them. All that explained by President of Tech Coast Angels, the Sand Diego chapter - Caitlin Wege.
President of Tech Coast Angels of the OC chapter tells about the value that OC TCA provides to founders, how it works with other angel groups, how should founders apply to TCA and how to choose the right chapter to apply to. Tons of great insights and much more in this episode with David Friedman!
How does TCA work and who should apply to Tech Coast Angels in Los Angeles? Insights into the work of one of the largest angel groups in Southern California by the Vice President of Tech Coast Angel's Vice President - Digvijay (Sunny) Singh.
In this episode we go into the topic of the venture studios - how does the model work, how is it different from accelerators, who should go through venture studio and what the the pros and cons. Everything in this episode with Jake Hurwitz - founder and CEO at Parallel Ventures.
Amit Pradhan, Co-Founder and President of Silicon Valley Blockchain Society tells about his organization building long-term relationships with institutional investors and showing them long-term perspective on blockchain technology. This episode perfectly depicts how long-term vision vs speculation works.
In this episode Greg Dickerson, the CEO of Dickerson Investments tells about fundraising for real estate-related projects, how can startups reach out to family offices and how should they choose the right source of capital.
In this episode the practical knowledge meets the theoretical knowledge. This episode of Fundraising Radio is unique because we had two speakers at once talking about one subject from two different perspectives. The major topic for this episode was due-diligence from a theoretical and practical standpoints. Listen the episode to learn more.
In this episode our guest speaker is Doug Lorenzen Partner at Moore Venture Partners, talking about fundraising for funds, applying to government support during covid-19 and using virtual lawyers as an alternative to hiring a full-time lawyer.
In this episode of Fundraising Radio Jamie Gull tells about his experience of building a startup in deep tech and going through YC. What are the major reasons one should join YC and what are its main benefits? All in this episode of Fundraising Radio with the CEO of Talyn Air, Jamie Gull.
In this episode Michael Riemer, Managing General partner at New Urbana talks about investing in critical infrastructure and his path to the investment world. How should startups in urban tech raise money and how it should be done through a venture studio and much more in this episode with Michael Riemer.
