Episodes

Jamal Ashraf, the founder of Esgut, talks about how he turned down funding from Naval Ravikant and how the company was acquired by Shervin Pishevar's Social Gaming Network (now Jam City) after a 2 hour conversation at a conference. We also discuss growing to 1 million users just 4 weeks after start…

Jeffrey Silverman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Laconia explains the meaning of having a capital strategy and explains how to develop one. We also talk about how much money should founders raise, how long should that money last and how to calculate the ideal amount of funding.

Christopher Hussain, the Co-Founder and CEO at RealKey in this episode talks about what he learned from his past fundraising experiences and how it affected his approach of raising money for his current company - RealKey. We also discussed what should early stage founders do to raise money now and …

Mayur Motgi, the Co-Founder and CEO at Propl, acquired by Jobox.ai explains how he managed to bring his company to an acquisition with no funding raised and he also talked about who should consider fundraising versus bootstrapping.

Sungjoon Cho, General Partner at D20 Capital explains who should try to expand globally and how to prepare for an abroad expansion. We specifically focused on Asian markets expansion and talked how founders can benefit from working with cross-border investors.

Partner at Foundation Capital, Sid Trivedi explains how he sees startups making B2B sales in the enterprise sectors. We also discussed hiring commission-only salesman and full time account executives. If you are an early stage startup in B2B field this episode is right for you.

The CEO and Founder of Red Rock Capital and former JP Morgan Global Innovation & Digital Strategy, Mars Shah explains how M&A works now and how he personally sold RideKleen Inc, to Cox Automotive.

Artem Mashkov, COO at SwagUp and Founder and President at Intelligent Ventures explains why founders shouldn't hunt for VC or angel funding and instead should try thinking more traditional and work on your credit line. We also discuss current situation and how founders can survive this pandemic.

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Steve Gera, Partner at Hickory VC explains what's going on in the sport-focused startup world right now and what he sees coming. This episode is for anyone in the sports field who thinks/currently works on creation their own startup.

Jesse Randall, Partner at Citrine Capital Partners explains who should take time to draw financial projections and at which stage one should do that. We also talk about what should go into those projections and how to get the first traction for those projections.

Deven Soni, the Co-Founder of Kingmakers explains how the acquisitions of small-cap business is going now, who can expect to get acquired and what are the major problems associated with it. He also gives a brief overview of the M&A field and gives his opinion on where the market will go.

Brandon Maier, Founder at LVLup Ventures explains how he sees coronavirus unfolding for founders (hint: according to Brandon - not too well, the inflation is coming). We also talked about acceleration programs and where should early stage founders go now.

Kenan Saleh the Co-Founder and CEO at Halo Cars explains how his company got acquired by Lyft in less then a year after it was funded and how he approached this process. We also talk about the fundraising of Halo and how building a strong self-sufficient team can help you fundraise.

Daniel Fetner, principal at Corigin Ventures in this episode explains what does it mean to have a founder-market fit, who can claim that they are the perfect founder for a company and what to do if you realise that you don't have a founder-market fit. We also talk about how founders can find the le…

In this episode Sarah Leners, Venture Capital Senior Associate at Bull City Venture Partners explains how to lead your first call with an investor and more importantly - how to get that first call with an investor. We also talked about the current situation in the world of startup fundraising.

In this episode Marc McCabe tells how he created Airbnb for business travel, how he acquired first customers and what does he like to invest in now. We also discussed the process of evaluation of the companies that have no revenue and fundraising climate during coronavirus.

In this episode Caroline Duffy, Investor in AI Fund explains how she thinks AI field was affected by the COVID-19 and how founders in this field should approach fundraising now.

In this episode Nirman Dave co-founder and CEO at ObviouslyAI explains how they raised their pre-seed round without having any traction and we also go into discussion of raising money from scouts of large funds (such as Sequoia capital). We also talk about how ObviouslyAI came up with their pricing…

In this episode Matt Thompson, Partner at Skyview Capital explains why he thinks that family offices are more mobile during covid and why some of them might be a better option for raising money. We also discuss how Skyview Capital invests during these uncertain times and how they find the projects …

Juliana Garaizar, the board member at Angel Capital Association, member of Portfolia, President of Business Angel Minority Association and Launch Director at Greentown Labs in this episode of Fundraising Radio explains about work of ACA and how can entrepreneurs benefit from it. We also talk about …

Co-Founder and CEO at 6D.ai Matt Mieskieks in this episode of Fundraising Radio explains how to grow your network organically and what are the best tactics for it. We also discuss the acquisition of 6D.ai by Niantic and talk about how this happened.

In this episode, Jeremy Burton the Co-Founder and CTO at Wonolo explained how they managed to raise over $52 million dollars, how Wonolo pivoted after it was created in Coca Cola's incubator and how it is operating now. We also go back in time and see what mistakes would Jeremy fix in terms of fund…

In this episode of Fundraising Radio Emanuel Pleitez Investor at East Los Capital, tech-enabled private equity firm. Emanuel also worked at the U.S. Department of Treasury during 2008 crisis and a large part of this episode is about comparing the 2008 crisis to the current crisis and of course we t…

Brock Weatherup, the CEO and Co-Founder of Metamorphosis Partners, the CEO and Founder of Pet360 acquired by PetSmart and the CEO and Co-Founder of Petcoach acquired by Petco explains how staying super focused on one field helped him in his career and also talks about his experience raising money f…