Fundraising & Investors
Angel & seed fundraising
Get your first believers to write cheques.
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 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...
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....