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Fundraising twitter is dominated by sanitized success stories and recycled pitch deck advice. The content that actually builds credibility is the honest stuff - what investors said no to and why, what the term sheet negotiation was actually like, what raising $X did and didn't change. If you've raised or tried to raise, you have better content than 90% of the advice threads.
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raised $0 in venture capital. built to $2M ARR. this is not inspiration. it's just data showing that venture capital is one path, not the only path.
the best fundraising advice I got: 'investors are not your customer. your customer is your customer. talk to your customer.' still true.
got 47 no's before our first yes. here's what changed: we stopped pitching the market size and started showing the retention curve.
term sheet ≠ money in the bank. signed a term sheet in March. money arrived in June. plan for 90 days between yes and wired.
the investor who asked the hardest questions in the pitch meeting became our best board member. the investor who asked the easiest questions made the first 6 months difficult.
raised $1.5M at a $6M valuation. 3 years later: $8M ARR, $40M valuation. the seed-stage dilution hurt then. it's fine now. price it on where you're going, not where you are.
the most important fundraising doc is not the pitch deck. it's the data room. investors decide in the pitch. they confirm in the data room. make your data room better than your deck.
said no to a term sheet. took 3 months longer to close a better one. the FOMO when you say no to a term sheet is intense. the regret if you say yes to the wrong one is longer.
cold emailed 200 investors. got 15 responses. took 6 calls. got 1 check. the conversion rate of fundraising is indistinguishable from cold sales. treat it accordingly.
warm intro conversion rate: 40%. cold email conversion rate: 7%. the warm intro is not just faster. it's a different product. build the network before you need the checks.
the SAFEs that seemed founder-friendly had caps and discounts that became expensive at Series A. read the docs. hire a lawyer. don't sign what you don't understand.
the investor who invested in your vision is a different person than the investor who wants to know why Q3 revenue was $40k below target. meet both investors before you take the money.
raised a pre-seed in 6 weeks. raised a seed in 6 months. raised a Series A in 4 months. the round that takes the longest is almost never the one you expect.
the best thing about raising venture capital: it forces you to have a clear thesis about your market. the worst thing: the thesis has to be large enough to justify the fund size. those are not always the same thesis.
bootstrapped to $500k ARR. raised $3M. lesson: the fundraise doesn't feel easier because you have revenue. it feels easier because you have optionality. revenue gives you optionality.
every investor says they want to invest in a great team. the team they invest in is usually the one with domain expertise, not raw talent. build the expertise before you build the pitch.
the pitch that works is not the one that answers all the investor's questions. it's the one that makes the investor ask the questions you've prepared for.
the investor who said 'come back when you have $1M ARR' meant 'come back when you have $1M ARR.' they didn't mean $800k. close the round before you run the meeting.
angel rounds before VC rounds are underrated. angels take more risk earlier. angels give better introductions. angels have fewer alignment problems. the angel round is the most founder-friendly capital.
the best investors I've met read everything. the worst investors I've met come to the meeting having read nothing. the preparation they put into the meeting is the preparation they'll put into the relationship. screen for it.
You’re laughing? Startups are raising Series L’s instead of going public and you’re laughing?