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Angel & seed fundraising
Get your first believers to write cheques.
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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....
How do I handle a down round, a bridge, or running low on cash before I hit my next milestone?
The moment you see you will miss your milestone, act: cut burn hard and raise a bridge from your existing investors before you are desperate, insid...
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