Most founders meet fundraising as a set of half-understood words: SAFE, term sheet, dilution, pre-money, bridge. The numbers get quoted, the mechanics stay fuzzy, and a first conversation with an investor is a bad place to learn them. This session is the plain version. What a round is actually made of: how much you raise, at what valuation, on what instrument, and what it costs you in ownership. How a SAFE differs from a priced round in practice. Which terms are standard and which ones are worth pushing back on. Who the money comes from at the earliest stage, from angels and syndicates to early-stage funds, and what each of them is looking for. We'll also spend time on the part that comes before any of it. Whether you should raise at all, what makes the timing right, what traction changes the conversation, and how founders in Udaipur go about finding and reaching investors. It's for founders who are early and thinking about a first raise, and for anyone who wants the basics laid out clearly well before they need them. Come with your questions.
