Fundraising
How much money should you raise in your VC round? A collection of the best fundraising advice. Also check out https://refind.com/dominikg/pitch-decks
Collection by Dominik Grolimund
Y Combinator
Raising Money Online - Advice For Startups
8 min · · Read more on Y Combinator's blog. · Shared by 26, including Dominik Grolimund, Brian T. Edwards, Nir Eyal, Veronika Lampion, Inurfacesuka Дедечка
avc
Getting The Deal Done
2 min · · There’s a scene in Ben Horowitz’ book The Hard Thing About Hard Things when LoudCloud was burning through cash and financing options were challenging and so they went public. The valuation of $450mm… · Shared by 26, including Dominik Grolimund, Daniel Lawniczak, Florian Hanke 🍎, Christian Hirsig
Y Combinator
A Guide to Seed Fundraising
20+ min · · Why Raise Money - When to Raise Money - How Much to Raise? - Financing Options - Convertible Debt - Safe - Equity - Valuation - Investors
Crowdfunding - Meeting Investors - Closing the Deal - Negotiations - Documents You Need - Next - Appendix - Glossary - Sources
Introduction
Startup companies n · Shared by 64, including Dominik Grolimund, Ryan Hoover, Startupxplore, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Marc Zenger
medium.com
If You’re Thinking About Raising Money For Your Startup, Read This.
7 min · · At some point in the early life of a business, its founder(s) will think about whether to take on funding. Many opt to go the bootstrap… · Shared by 36, including Malik El Bay 🕊🔰🇲🇦, Veronika Lampion, Steed Monteiro, Stephen C Sanders, Dominik Grolimund, Donneker
TechCrunch
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Convertible Note Seed Financings (But Were Afraid To Ask)
10 min · · We are in the golden age of seed financing. Venture capital funds, seed funds, super angels, angel groups, incubators, and “friends and family” are all playing the seed financing game and investing… · Shared by 42, including Moritz Meenen, Mathias Böhm, Dominik Grolimund, Marc Zenger, Patrik Breitenmoser 🏌️♀️
medium.com
The New Series A Fundraising Playbook for Seed-Funded Startups
5 min · · As high conviction, hands-on seed investors, the NextView team spends a great deal of time helping our portfolio founders — especially when… · Shared by 35, including Jim Mayes, Ben Tossell, Paulmears, Dominik Grolimund, Dez S. Papp
Sam Altman
Fundraising Mistakes Founders Make
6 min · · There’s a lot written about what you should do when you raise money, but there hasn’t been as much written about the common mistakes founders make. Here is a list of mistakes I often see: •... · Shared by 36, including Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Gabriel Weinberg, Marc Zenger, Dominik Grolimund, Andreas Brenner
medium.com
How much should you raise? An economic approach — Medium
4 min · · One of the first questions an early stage company willing to raise money asks itself are how much to look for (“As much as possible!”), and… · Shared by 31, including Moritz Meenen, Andreas Brenner, spruch, Dominik Grolimund, Malik El Bay 🕊🔰🇲🇦
Christoph Janz 🇺🇦🎗🕊
The Angel VC: What does it take to raise capital, in SaaS, in 2016?
2 min · · When we invest in a SaaS startup, which almost always happens at the seed stage, the next big milestone on the company’s roadmap is usually ... · Shared by 33, including Dominik Grolimund, Stephanie A Kowalski, Ha Duong
Elizabeth Yin 💛
How to follow up with investors who have rejected...
5 min · · When I was fundraising, there were a ton of investors who rejected me. Worse yet, there were many more investors who gave me no-response / went MIA / or was non-committal. So what do you do with all... · Shared by 38, including Rodrigo Prior, Veronika Lampion, dpmab, Courtney Bolton ★, blinch, Ibrahim Nergiz, Leo Polovets, Dominik Grolimund
Venture Hacks
Venture Hacks - Good advice for startups
10 min · · Good advice for startups · Shared by 46, including Chris Guselle, Sandro Strebel, Navjeet Chabbewal, Malik El Bay 🕊🔰🇲🇦, Andreas Klinger 🏝, Ryan Hoover, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Dominik Grolimund, Minnix
TechCrunch
Why SAFE notes are not safe for entrepreneurs
7 min · · The shortcomings of SAFE notes are coming home to roost; ironically, entrepreneurs are paying the price. Y Combinator invented the notes with a noble goal:.. · Shared by 57, including Chris Messina, Klaus Eck, Designhill, Dominik Grolimund, M.G. Siegler
alexiskold.net
11 Questions Founders Need to Ask Investors During the First Meeting
13+ min · · Last week we wrote about questions that investors ask founders during investor meetings. This week we are turning the tables and talking about questions that founders need to ask investors. Most fo… · Shared by 51, including Stephen C Sanders, Matthias Lampe, Dominik Grolimund, Startupxplore, Daniel Lawniczak, Agustin, Philipp Laurim, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Christian Reiter
hunterwalk.com
Why I Care About Problem Size More Than Market Size
1 min · · For seed investors, overfocusing on TAM (total addressable market) can be a trap. It causes founders to think that displaying a generic sizable dollar stat (“$150 billion is spent on Educatio… · Shared by 45, including justin, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Stefan Weber, Dominik Grolimund, Paul Sturrock, 👨🏻💻☕️, Leslie D
a16z
16 Definitions on the Economics of VC
12+ min · · I wrote a post last week about the challenges in valuing portfolio companies in venture capital that I thought was wonky and inside baseball. But when I got lots of follow-up questions from people, I… · Shared by 95, including Vikram Dutt, Ben Tossell, hiten.eth, Chung, Patrick Walsh, Startupxplore, Mark Kaigwa, Dominik Grolimund
investorlist.co
investorlist.co - A crowdsourced list of investors, in EU & worldwide.
· Shared by 100, including uri, Flavio Rump, Malik El Bay 🕊🔰🇲🇦, Courtney Bolton ★, Dominik Grolimund, Moritz Meenen, Bryan Onel, Mo Schuster, Mike Ivars, @pdehello.bsky.social, Veronika Lampion, Dom Zuend, Jonathan Kogan, dpmab, shishir das, Ibrahim Nergiz, Philipp Laurim, The App Brewery