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Fundraising Radio: Early Stage Startup Fundraising

Fundraising Radio is the largest podcast about fundraising for early stage startups in the US. We focus on helping founders understand how they can raise the first institutional round outside of friends and family. How to appeal to investors and how to make sure that they see in your company what you see there. We interview experienced founders who sold their companies in the past and raised hundreds of millions, we talk with active angels, managers of rolling funds, corporate venture capitalists and more. If you want to raise money for your young company, you came to the right place!

What is post-seed, how is it different from bridge round and is it really bad for founders to "fall out of pattern". By Paul Martino, Bullpen capital.

Published: Sept. 28, 2021, 7:27 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 31 seconds

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Raising 100% of the money online: equity crowdfunding, it's major perks and downsides. By Christopher Lustrino, KingsCrowd.

Published: Aug. 14, 2021, 7:26 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 3 seconds

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How to conduct customer interview if you don't have much money? By Sandy Huang Head of Product Growth at Amazon Alexa Mobile

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 7:50 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 41 seconds

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Going through first stages of building a product without fundraising, and getting acquired - Mayur Motgi on Propl's acquisition.

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 6:05 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 26 seconds

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How to build a new branch within a startup - Airbnb story. Also, how do you evaluate a company with no revenue? By Marc McCabe

Published: July 31, 2020, 3:39 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 32 seconds

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Staying focused on one field and getting acquired - Brock Weatherup sharing his experience of creating companies in pet industry.

Published: July 23, 2020, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 59 seconds

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Comparing 3 sources of capital: equity crowdfunding, Friends and Family and grants - which one is better? By Todd Thompson.

Published: July 16, 2020, 6:17 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 1 second

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Raising from impact investors - who qualifies, what are the major benefits and how to reach out to impact investors, by Preethy Padman.

Published: July 6, 2020, 4:10 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 10 seconds

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Corporate Venture Capital #4 - using corporate venturing as a strategic tool , how CVCs make their decisions by Vivin Hegde.

Published: June 27, 2020, 6:47 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 8 seconds

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Helping startups to raise money for no fees or equity - how Mother Teresa works in the fundraising field - by Landon Ainge.

Published: June 26, 2020, 4:35 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 59 seconds

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Angel investing during pandemic - where should founders go first during COVID-19 to get funding? By Grant Van Cleve

Published: June 25, 2020, 8:56 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 6 seconds

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VCs infusing more cash into startups after 3 months of stagnation - current investment climate by Vishal Uttam.

Published: June 24, 2020, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds

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Corporate Venture Capital #3 - who is the right fit for the CVC and how to improve your chances of getting funded, by Tina Tosukhowong.

Published: June 24, 2020, 5:44 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 48 seconds

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Golden Seeds - what does this angel group invest in and how are their chapters different from each other - by Mitzi Krockover.

Published: June 16, 2020, 10:06 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 34 seconds

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Founder of 33 Capital, Stacey Feinberg talking about common pitch deck mistakes and raising money during COVID-19.

Published: June 15, 2020, 7:56 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 33 seconds

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Bootstrapped to an acquisition - Gay Gaddis about the power of revenue vs VC funding.

Published: June 14, 2020, 4:21 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 57 seconds

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Cross-border investing, investing in US-based immigrants by Investment Director at Flashpoint Venture Capital - Anton Fedorov.

Published: June 13, 2020, 5:23 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 2 seconds

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Growing network in a completely new location and how scouts operate - by Zenetta Burger, Scout at Mucker Capital.

Published: June 12, 2020, 4:54 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 8 seconds

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CEO, Republic Crowdfunding Platform tells about equity crowdfunding - how does it work, who should consider it, what does the process look like and how much it costs - by Chuck Pettid.

Published: June 11, 2020, 3:40 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 49 seconds

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Sad acquisition and why you should consider maximum amount of money during the "hype" - by Zane Witherspoon.

Published: June 10, 2020, 8:40 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 54 seconds

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Applying to angel groups, raising money as a female founder and ways to improve your chances of getting your application reviewed by an angel group - by Wendy Ryan.

Published: June 9, 2020, 4:03 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 11 seconds

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Choosing the right city and country to fundraise and traveling oversees to raise capital - by Nicola Mattina.

Published: June 8, 2020, 5:04 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 48 seconds

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Real estate investing to consumer tech investing and the differences between 2008 crisis and 2020 - by Polina Chebotareva and Filipp Chebotarev.

Published: June 7, 2020, 4:29 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 50 seconds

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Acquiring large customers while being a small startup - who should spend time doing this and is it worth it by Andrew Ly.

Published: June 5, 2020, 7:47 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 37 seconds

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Choosing the right person of contact while reaching out to investors - Jessica Li, investor at Soma Capital explains how to do this.

Published: June 4, 2020, 11:09 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 21 seconds

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Angel Investor, Limited Partner, Managing Partner and advisor to family offices - Wally Wang describing the current situation in fundraising for startups from multiple points of view that he has.

Published: June 3, 2020, 6:39 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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Who are the strategic investors, what are the pros and cons of working with them and how to reach out to them - by Emilie Mazzacurati, founder and CEO at Four Twenty Seven

Published: June 3, 2020, 1:07 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 11 seconds

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Acquired in 9 months after starting a company - how to speed up the acquisition process by Wesam Mikhail co-founder and CEO at Leamingtun Industries.

Published: June 2, 2020, 2:11 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds

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How scouts work, how is fundraising for females different and where to start raising if you are a female founder - by Kim Patel, angel investor and scout.

Published: June 1, 2020, 3:34 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 2 seconds

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Everything about acquisitions - types of M&A, minimum deals made, who should expect an acquisition and much more by Dan Tamkin.

Published: May 30, 2020, 10:03 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 57 seconds

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Industrial customer acquisition with no sales team, how channel partners work and how to give 250+ pitches and not give up - by Sam Nagar, founder and CEO at Pixeom acquired by Siemens.

Published: May 29, 2020, 6:13 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 39 seconds

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10 minute pitch bringing over 300k in investment - how to get in front of the right investor by John Kao.

Published: May 29, 2020, 1:23 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 23 seconds

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First steps in your marketing campaign prior to starting raising funds by Matt Pru - Managing Partner at Stackmatix.

Published: May 27, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds

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107.6 million dollars raised - the role of a CTO in the fundraising process by Adrian Druzgalski, co-founder and CTO at Radius Intelligence.

Published: May 27, 2020, 4:53 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 59 seconds

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Building tech team, outsourcing development, hiring contractors and angel investing by Vivek Kumar, Director at Dolby Laboratories.

Published: May 26, 2020, 2:04 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 8 seconds

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Tinder ex-Chief Product Officer, Ravi Mehta tells about pros and cons of working with Gen Z and about building dating apps.

Published: May 24, 2020, 3:32 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 38 seconds

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Starting raising funds early on - how to get ahead of the curve and improve your chances of raising money by Ryan Morris.

Published: May 22, 2020, 6:23 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 45 seconds

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How freemium model got acquired by Yandex and how small technology-enabled data startup got acquired by the largest data company Dun & Bradstreet - by Maria Grineva

Published: May 21, 2020, 5:48 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 13 seconds

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Attracting technical co-founders early on, raising from a corporate VC and how technical founders influence the fundraising - by Ahmad Abdulkader.

Published: May 20, 2020, 3:44 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 3 seconds

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Angel groups - how do they invest, how do they cooperate and how San Francisco angel groups are different from the rest of the world by Alan Fisher

Published: May 18, 2020, 7:49 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 34 seconds

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Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, Craig Kaplan talks about making first sales, shortening sales cycle and raising first money.

Published: May 17, 2020, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 47 seconds

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5 documents that investors look for prior to investing in a startup by Yev Muchnik - expert in securities transactions.

Published: May 16, 2020, 6:40 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 54 seconds

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Stock distribution and assignment - what tools to use, how to use them - basics by Yev Muchnik, expert in securities transactions.

Published: May 16, 2020, 6:34 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 31 seconds

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Friends and Family round - how to comply with the laws on such an early stage of fundraising by Yev Muchnik - expert in securities transactions.

Published: May 16, 2020, 6:12 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds

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Building a complex technology? Learn how it should be done from Raphael Danilo - experienced founder, co-founder of Yobs and an angel investor.

Published: May 15, 2020, 10:42 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 39 seconds

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Reaching out to angel investors having a tiny network: recommendations by Chris Lu, angel investor with multiple investments across the US and Canada.

Published: May 14, 2020, 7:42 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 16 seconds

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Stealth mode = stealth money. Gabriele Sorrento whose company just got acquired tells his story and explains why stealth mode is a horrible choice.

Published: May 13, 2020, 6:09 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 59 seconds

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Co-founder and CEO of Whiplash, James Marks talks about getting acquired and how successful founders can help early stage startups.

Published: May 12, 2020, 6:21 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 37 seconds

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Influencers as advisors, advertisers and source of capital by an ex-NFL player - Bret E. Lockett.

Published: May 11, 2020, 6:29 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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San Diego Tech Coast Angels - President of TCA SD chapter, Caitlin Wege comparing different TCA chapters and explaining how SD chapter works.

Published: May 11, 2020, 3:46 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 49 seconds

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Orange County Tech Coast Angels, President at OC chapter of TCA - David Friedman about operation of OC TCA, application process and its unique value to health-tech related startups.

Published: May 11, 2020, 3:37 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 26 seconds

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Los Angeles Tech Coast Angel's, Vice President at LA chapter of TCA - Digvijay (Sunny) Singh explains how TCA operates, who should apply to TCA and what are its major benefits.

Published: May 11, 2020, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 38 seconds

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Venture studios - how do they work? By Jake Hurwitz, founder and CEO at Parallel Ventures.

Published: May 10, 2020, 5:56 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 19 seconds

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SVBS: showing institutional investors the benefits of blockchain, by Amit Pradhan

Published: May 8, 2020, 3:41 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 10 seconds

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Real estate fundraising: choosing the source of capital and reaching out to family offices for funding by Greg Dickerson.

Published: May 7, 2020, 6:57 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 25 seconds

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Theory VS practice. Venture partner at Syndicate 708 Margeaux Sullivan and Amy Wood, project manager at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School

Published: May 6, 2020, 8:14 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 48 seconds

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Zero to billion+ in revenue with Mark Rosner (and of course we talked about fundraising) and his angel investments - link to his fund below.

Published: May 3, 2020, 2:48 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 33 seconds

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Venture debt as a source of funding by Troy Zander, Partner at Barns & Thornburg.

Published: May 1, 2020, 3 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 20 seconds

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Acquired by BV Investment Partners - Founder of SchoolMint, Jinal Jhaveri shares his experience of getting acquired.

Published: April 30, 2020, 6:43 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 42 seconds

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Pitch events during COVID-19, importance of media attention and investing - by Nick Adams, Managing Partner at Differential Ventures.

Published: April 30, 2020, 3:50 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 17 seconds

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First time founders - how should they raise? Zann Ali, investor at 2048 ventures talks about fundraising for first time founders.

Published: April 28, 2020, 6:10 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 30 seconds

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Finding lead investor in a bar - Hugo Tilmouth, founder and CEO of ChargedUp on how to find money.

Published: April 27, 2020, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 50 seconds

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CEO of b12: Nitesh Banta on how to differentiate yourself from competitors.

Published: April 26, 2020, 7:37 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 38 seconds

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Raising through non-profits? Yes, that is possible - Shaun Randolph in this episode tells how to raise money through non-profits for your startup.

Published: April 25, 2020, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 6 seconds

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Raising $26 million - how do you get to this stage, how do ICOs work and much more explained by Alex Fedoseev, CEO of 1Wold Online

Published: April 8, 2020, 5:53 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 44 seconds

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How to raise capital for blockchain projects: Christian Kameir Managing partner at Sustany capital on how to raise money for your blockchain product.

Published: April 8, 2020, 5:09 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 55 seconds

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How to raise money in Hard Tech sphere? Venture Partner of K5 ventures - Stijn Vanorbeek will tell how to reach angel investors in hard tech field

Published: March 7, 2020, 8:45 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 10 seconds

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Raising $3.5 million by creating viral campaign and wasting $10,000 on 5 year old kids clicking ads. Choose advertisers wisely.

Published: Feb. 26, 2020, 9 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 32 seconds

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Founder of InstaSteam talks about how he raised over $100,000 for a physical product, Indigogo and selling products on TV.

Published: Dec. 28, 2019, 3:29 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 27 seconds

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Partner or Ruvento Ventures tells about the investing cycle, structure of the Venture Capital firms and about the career growth within VC firm.

Published: Dec. 22, 2019, 11 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 38 seconds

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Importance of selling before building - founder of an LA venture studio explains why you should follow the lean startup model.

Published: Dec. 14, 2019, 2 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 31 seconds

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Managing partner of GVA.capital and Mindrock.capital tells about raising money in Silicon Valley and gives great tips on how to approach investors.

Published: Dec. 7, 2019, 8 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 55 seconds

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Co-founder and COO of Rooit tells about hardships of raising funds from the US investors by a foreign startup.

Published: Dec. 1, 2019, 2 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 7 seconds

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Co-founder and CEO of Discotech tells about raising $1.6 million and about all the "secret sauces" in the startup world.

Published: Nov. 24, 2019, 3 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 7 seconds

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Co-founder of 6nomads tells about raising $100,000, how US investors view traction got abroad and shares low-budget growth hacks.

Published: Nov. 17, 2019, midnight
Duration: 30 minutes 16 seconds

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Co-founder of Marpl tells about raising $100,000 as a seed round and "reinventing a wheel".

Published: Nov. 13, 2019, 8 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 1 second

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Founder of WeStrive tells about raising $145,000, struggles with App Store and the importance of investing personal funds into your startup.

Published: Nov. 4, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 49 seconds

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Founder of Openland tells about his journey through Y-combinator and tells how Openland raised $2.25 million from 30 investors!

Published: Sept. 16, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 8 seconds

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Teacher at ELK academy shares networking lifehacks and tells about most common mistakes of foreigners in the US.

Published: Sept. 8, 2019, 3 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 5 seconds

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