Episode 1210

Fundraising | Scaling Your Startup S2 E4: Density's Andrew Farah & SoleSavy's Dejan Pralica | E1210

May 6, 20211:11:15Watch on YouTube

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Show notes:

00:00 Intro

03:58 Andrew Farah's fundraising presentation & process used to raise $50M

09:29 LinkedIn Marketing Launch your first campaign with $100 free https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups

11:04 Team, Product, Traction (numbers if they are good)

15:10 Dense slides then sparse slides "barbell strategy"

18:08 Calculating and communicating TAM and the opportunity

22:52 OurCrowd - VC investment opportunities for individuals, get in early at https://ourcrowd.com/twist

24:24 Structuring a fundraising process, founders first then VCs

28:00 Screening meetings & how to distinguish the good VCs

36:56 Netsuite - Get a special financing program https://netsuite.com/twist

38:27 Dejan Pralica's early-stage $2M raising process

40:41 The "Golden Circle," tell investors why

44:08 Send your NOs on your investor updates, create FOMO

46:23 Q&A What to include when you don't have a large team & how to build a network

49:40 How many meeting it took Dejan to raise & how he polished his deck

54:56 Organizing investor updates

56:39 Balancing growing your startup with raising capital & negotiating with investors

1:04:41 Andrew asks Dejan a few questions

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