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Episodes

April 25, 2020

Raising through non-profits? Yes, that is possible - Shaun Randolph i…

Fundraising through non-profits is possible. In this episode Shaun Randolph, founder of SoTech Ventures tells how it can be done and how this fundraising strategy works.

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April 23, 2020

$30 millions through ICO - how it worked out and how do angels invest…

In this episode, Sami Rusani, the chief revenue officer at ShipChain shares his experience on securing funding through an ICO and doing angel investments. Tons of great insights in this episode!

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April 22, 2020

Expert Dojo's founder - Brian Mac Mahon tells about investing in LA.

Brian Mac Mahon - founder and CEO of Expert Dojo tells about investing in early stage startups. In this episode he also compares startup founders to Vikings and it's really fun to listen to:)

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April 21, 2020

Revenue-based funds – what is it, how they work, who should try it an…

Ryan Hickman, founder of epic.ai in this episode covers the essentials of revenue-based funds. How do revenue based funds work, who should try this source of funding and much more you can find in this episode. 

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April 20, 2020

Clean tech fundraising - Taj Ahmad-Eldridge partner at Babylonian Ven…

In this episode Taj Ahmad-Eldridge, managing partner at Babylonian Ventures and a senior investment director at LACI tells about fundraising for a startup in clean tech field. This episode is full of great resources and here is the list of resources for fundraising in clean tech:

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April 19, 2020

I never stop investing - Tholfaqar Al Emara on angel investing during…

Tholfaqar Al Emara in this episode of Fundraising Radio goes into importance of pitch events, investing during hard times and the opportunities that covid-19 presents to founders. In this episode you can find tons of great information, especially if you are a technical founder, so check it out!

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April 16, 2020

What is momentum investing and how it works, by Gerard Casale.

Gerard Casale, founder and managing director of TYLT ventures with over 25 years of legal practice experience and years of investing experience tells about the legal aspects of building a startup, motivating the team through stock options, investing in startups and much more.

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April 15, 2020

Managing Partner at Unicorn Venture Partners - Jonathan Hung on inves…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Jonathan Hung, managing partner at Unicorn Venture Partners and experienced entrepreneur tells about fundraising during COVID-19, raising money from professionals of your field instead of VC, alternative capital to VC and angel funding and much more.

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April 10, 2020

Grants 101: Sedale Turbovsky on how to fundraise through grants and i…

Founder and CEO of Opengrants Sedale Turbovsky in this episode tells about raising money through grants. Who should look into funding through grants, what sorts of startups are eligible for grants and what should you look out for while applying for grant funding or receiving it.

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April 9, 2020

Hiring someone to help you with fundraising? Make sure you do it righ…

Anastasia Green, managing partner of Burgundy Capital tells about fundraising through brokers and how to make sure that you comply with all the SEC regulations on securities offering.

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April 7, 2020

Raising $26 million - how do you get to this stage, how do ICOs work …

How does fundraising work at later stages? How do you get to this late stage? What is coin-swap during an ICO? How did 1World Online survive the "Crypto Winter"? That and much more explained by Alex Fedoseev, founder and CEO at 1World Online.

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April 7, 2020

How to raise capital for blockchain projects: Christian Kameir Managi…

In this episode our guest speaker is Christian Kameir, managing partner at Sustany Capital - blockchain focused VC. Today we are focusing on making the right pitch to the blockchain-focused investors, discussing why no "world currency" will be adopted in the near future and much more fun stuff.

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April 7, 2020

Funding through blockchain: STOs explained by Alex Nascimento, Managi…

What is STO? What are pros and cons of fundraising through it? How to fund any startup through blockchain and how to grab the "lowest hanging fruit" in blockchain fundraising - all that and more explained by today's speaker - Alex Nascimento, Managing Director of 7CC Blockchain Investments.

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April 7, 2020

LinkedIn sales: step-by-step guide on making sales through LinkedIn b…

2nd Educational episode on Fundraising Radio: a precise step-by-step guide on making sales through LinkedIn for b2b model by Yulia Shin - experienced saleswoman working for a tech focused company in Dubai.

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March 27, 2020

Fundraising in deep-tech - Peter Lee on funding startups in deep-tech…

Peter Lee, founder and managing partner of Embark Ventures. Embark ventures focuses on investing in deep-tech and is located in Los Angeles, so in this episode we are really focusing on fundraising for startups working with deep-tech and steps that one should take if he or she decides to start a pr…

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March 21, 2020

Getting acquired for over $10 million - Joe Magee on how to build a s…

Joe Magee, founder and CEO of RallyBound in this episode will tell his story of getting his company acquired for over $10 million. In our discussion we mainly focused on how to acquire large institutional customers, how to raise your first money, where to look for money and how to choose a new vent…

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March 18, 2020

$150 million under management: Sergey Gribov on how big funds invest …

In this episode Sergey Gribov, partner of Flint Capital, shares his experience working in the investment field. In our discussion we focused on how to reach decision makers at big investment firms and how choose the right investor for your company. We also reviewed differences between early stage i…

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March 7, 2020

How to raise money in Hard Tech sphere? Venture Partner of K5 venture…

In this episode, Stijn Vanorbeek, venture partner of K5 ventures and an angel investor tells about the best ways of raising money when working in hard tech field. Great advice and valuable feedback on the fundraising process for hard tech founders and investors.  Discovering the difference between …

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March 1, 2020

What is Fundraising Radio? Trailer episode.

If you have any questions, suggestions or want to join the private group - text Konstantin Dubovitskiy on LinkedIn.

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Feb. 26, 2020

Raising $3.5 million by creating viral campaign and wasting $10,000 o…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Dominique Wu, professional designer tells how she ran multiple crowdfunding campaigns - watched people become rich and watched people loosing thousands of dollars by making one poor decision. In this episode we talked about choosing the right agency to run your…

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Feb. 15, 2020

Don't want to dilute your share in the company? Raise through grants …

In this episode of Fundraising Radio our guest speaker was Paran Sonthalia the co-founder and CEO of DeWaste, who raised $21,000 exclusively through grants. After realising that raising money at such an early stage will heavily dilute his and his co-founder's shares in the company, Paran decided to…

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Feb. 9, 2020

CEO of Fueltime on "easy fundraising" through angel and accelerator.

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Anatoly Corp, CEO and co-founder of Fueltime tells about raising $170,000 for his startup through one angel investor and one accelerator. 

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Feb. 2, 2020

Immigration law for startup founders and investors. Want to get a gre…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio we had an unusual guest - Sophie Alcorn, a well known immigration lawyer in Silicon valley and Founding Partner & Certified Specialist Attorney in Immigration and Nationality Law. This episode focuses on how to move to the US if you are a startup founder or an i…

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Jan. 20, 2020

Got no traction yet? CEO of Airdas will tell you what steps to take t…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio our speaker was Farmon Akmalov, co-founder and CEO of a Latvian company - Airdas, who recently moved to the US and now is growing his startup here. He went through incubator, pre-accelerator and accelerator and in this episode explains the difference between the…

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