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

Jason Calacanis chats with Andrew Farah and Dejan Pralica about their respective fundraising experiences. Andrew shares his process behind raising $50M, while Dejan shares his journey of securing $2M for his early-stage startup. They discuss topics like the "barbell strategy", creating FOMO among investors, and balancing startup growth with capital raising.

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 11%

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Andrew Farah

Guest • 60%

Dejan Pralica

Guest • 23%

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Chapters

0:00	Intro
3:58	Andrew Farah's fundraising presentation & process used to raise $50M
9:29	LinkedIn Marketing Launch your first campaign with $100 free
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
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
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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