Founders, share your fundraising wisdom!

4mo ago

8 replies

Found Aerial (AI co-pilot for fundraising) on PH: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/aerial-1653e918-a141-4bd1-9320-79072b429cb7 If you've successfully raised funds for your startup, please share your experiences and advice. What strategies worked best for you? Any specific resources or tools or advisors you found invaluable? Share your wisdom in the comments below! :)

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André J @sentry_co

What stage? pre or post product?

Jul 29

Natalia Cebotari @natalia_cebotari_osmos

Osmos

I've tried many things. What really worked was deep connections with other founders who naturally made some fruitful intro to their investors.

Jul 29

Daria Ofitserova @daria_ofitserova

Folio Wallet App

Personal connections, a long-term built and provable reputation - this worked for me.

Jul 29

Rafael Pinheiro @rafael_pinheiro_costa

@Ryan Breslow´s "Fundraising" is a 30-minute read that saves months. By far the best approach to fundraising. I highly recommend it: https://www.amazon.com/Fundraisi...

Jul 29

Oleksandr Buratynskyi @sasha_buratynskyi

would love to hear suggestions on how to attract at "pre-seed"

Jul 30

YC J @yc_j

Fleak

Connections and practice and stable emotion. Statistically speaking, it takes on average 72 vc meetings to land one ts, do not get discouraged if you only have met 30....

Jul 29

KJ @growthdreamer22

@yc_j That's absolutely true. From what I know, it's not done till it's done. So, yes, while there are many milestones to celebrate, one can only be confident when money hits the bank. We built Aerial to maximize the odds of that happening. We just launched today, so I will appreciate any feedback we can get.

Jul 29