Fundraising & Investors
Angel & seed fundraising
Get your first believers to write cheques.
How does seed fundraising actually work, step by step?
You build enough proof (traction, team, or a compelling wedge) to make investors believe, then run a tight, time-boxed process where you talk to ma...
How much money should I raise at seed, and how much equity do I give up?
Raise enough to hit a meaningful milestone with buffer, typically 18-24 months of runway, and plan to sell roughly 10-20% of the company at seed. D...
How do I find and get intros to angel investors and seed funds?
Warm intros beat cold outreach massively, so map your network and get founders in each investor's portfolio to introduce you. Build a target list r...
How do I create momentum and FOMO so investors commit instead of stalling?
Run the whole process in parallel and time-boxed so investors feel a real deadline and real competition, because a 'maybe' is almost always a polit...
How is raising a seed round in India different from the US?
The instruments and paperwork differ: India commonly uses the iSAFE (a CCPS-based cousin of the US SAFE) and CCPS-heavy term sheets to fit Indian c...
What does an early-stage VC actually look for before writing a cheque?
At seed it's mostly team, market, and evidence you can move fast and learn faster, because there's rarely enough traction to lean on numbers alone....