How I Raised It - The Podcast Where We Interview Startup Founders Who Raised Capital.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Keith Richman of Boosted Commerce (https://boostedcommerce.com) a company that is acquiring successful businesses that run on Amazon and Shopify. In this episode, Keith talks about what they look for when acquiring a startup, how they add value to these companies after acquiring them, how he raised over $100M in capital for the business from a roster of high-profile industry veterans, and tips for pitching angel investors. The Company has raised over $112 Million from Torch Capital; Crosscut Ventures; Spencer Rascoff, entrepreneur and co-founder of Zillow and Hotwire; Elie Seidman, former CEO of Tinder; Tucker Kain, President of Los Angeles Dodgers; Ken Ramberg, founder of Goodpods; Scott Hendrickson, co-founder and partner, Permian Investment Partners; Thomas O. Staggs, former Chief Operating Officer of The Walt Disney Company; Marc Mezvinksy, managing director TPG; a

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Eric Wu of Gainful.com, a startup delivering personalized nutrition such as protein powders and hydration products to your doorstep. In this episode, Eric talks about the importance of being at the intersection of major macro trends, treating VC meetings like "dating," tips for applying to Y Combinator, and much more. The Company most recently raised $7.5 million in venture capital. The Series A round was co-led by BrandProject and Courtside Ventures, with participation from AF Ventures, Round13 Capital, Barrel Ventures and the founder of Polaris Sports. Gainful was part of Y Combinator’s winter 2018 batch. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Kevin Bennett of MotoRefi.com, a startup that helps you refinance your automobile loan. In this episode, Kevin talks about the Washington DC startup scene, how "execution IS fundraising," why founders should use the fundraising process as a way to get feedback and insights on his/her business, how fundraising is more about discovery than it is about persuasion, and more. The Company most recently raised a $10 million Series A-1 led by Moderne Ventures. Previous investors include Accomplice, Link Ventures. Motley Fool Ventures, CMFG Ventures (part of CUNA Mutual Group) and Gaingels. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Christine Tao of Sounding Board, an online platform that is democratizing coaching for emerging business leaders (https://www.soundingboardinc.com/). In this episode, Christine shares how she raised capital as a female, non-technical co-founder, how coaching is similar to mentoring, how she kept in touch with her investors (each of which had previously told her "no"), how to look at investors as equals, and how she ran a lightning-fast oversubscribed process in 6 weeks. The Company most recently raised a $13.1 million Series A led by Canaan Partners. Other investors include Correlation Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Precursor Ventures, as well as Degreed founder David Blake and Kevin Johnson, the former CEO of Udemy. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Isabelle Kenyon of metabolic weight management platform Calibrate (https://www.joincalibrate.com/). In this episode, Isabelle talks about resilience and handling no's, learning from each meeting, how to use webinars to manage due diligence, how to set a timeline for investors, tips for Zoom pitching, and much more. The Company raised a $22.5M Series A round led by Threshold Ventures’ co-founder and Managing Partner Emily Melton, with participation from existing investors including Forerunner Ventures and Redesign Health. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Adam Cohen-Aslatai of S’More (www.smoredate.com), a dating app that’s focused on helping users find more meaningful relationships In this episode, Adam talks about finding out what is unique about YOU (and pitching that to investors), how to reach out and connect on LinkedIn, how to pitch "high profile" investors such as Mark Pincus, and more. The Company raised capital Benson Oak Ventures, Mark Pincus’ Workplay Ventures, Gaingels VC, Loud Capital/Pride Fund, SideCar Angels, AppLovin Chairman Rafael Vivas, Joshua Black of Apollo Management, Plus Grade CEO Ken Harris, Harvard geneticist George Church, former Meet Group CEO John Abbott, former IMAX CEO Brad Weschler, Aaron and Sharon Stern, Justen Stepka/Enterprise Fund, Boston Harbor Angels, Grit Daily CEO Jordan French, Kind.Fund founder Marty Isaac, Craig Mullett and Dating Group. How I Raised It is produced by Founder

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Bradley Davis of www.Podchaser.com, a site that curates podcasts, ratings & reviews, guest appearances, lists, and more In this episode, Bradley talks about how he posted the idea and found his co-founders (including the Company's CTO) on Reddit, how he raised a SAFE round from Kentucky angels and horse farmers, how cold calls and knocking on doors led to warm intros, how he taps other founders to meet investors, the time Alan Patricof booked time on his calendar, and more. The Company raised capital from Greycroft, Advancit Capital, Hyde Park VC, High Alpha, Lightship, and others. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Tamara Steffens of M12.vc, which is the venture capital arm of Microsoft. In this episode, Tamara talks about some of the advantages of taking corporate venture capital (as compared to "traditional" VC), what M12 and Microsoft is looking to invest in, tips for contacting and pitching CVCs, lessons learned from being on both sides of the table, and much more. M12 invests around $250 million per year into startups, with a preference for B2B and SaaS, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Deep Tech and other verticals. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Maury Blackman of Premise.com, a data collections and insights platform. In this episode, Maury talks about how he raised $85 million completely virtually, how he uses the first 5-10 minutes of a pitch to establish rapport with investors, the equipment he set up for Zoom pitch meetings, how far out and how deep he drops his crab pots :) and much more. The Company recently raised an $85 million Series E led by Laurence Tosi’s WestCap Group with participation from Dave DeWalt’s NightDragon, as well as Winslow Capital, DRW Venture Capital and Vista Credit Partners, the credit-lending arm of Vista Equity Partners. Existing investors Valor Equity Partners, 8VC, Tao Capital, Hanover Technology Investment Management, Communitas Capital and Atreides Management also participated. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage inves

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Kristin Langenfeld of Good Buy Gear (www.goodbuygear.com) a company that resells used baby and kids gear online. In this episode, Kristin talks about knowing your metrics (and which metrics in particular she focused on during the Series A), the importance of establishing core company values early on, bouncing back from layoffs and pay cuts, and much more. The Company recently raised a Series A round from Revolution, Relay Ventures, Access Ventures, and others. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Nick Donahue of Atmos (www.buildatmos.com) a startup changing how home building is done by offering customers the ability to custom-design homes online. In this episode, Nick talks about how he built a rent calculator widget that went viral, how he got to know Sam Altman of Y Combinator playing laser tag, why he sends weekly vs. monthly investor updates, and more. The Company has raised $2 million from Khosla Ventures, Sam Altman, Y Combinator, Bedrock, Genesis Block, and Lennar. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Guy Elitzur of VerticalField.com, a leading ag-tech company that develops vertical growing systems for smart cities. In this episode, Guy talks about his vision for covering the world's buildings with hanging plants to feed the world, how he raised $20 million from a single family office, tips for pitching an impact fund, and much more. The Company has raised $20 million from a single family office / impact fund called Beer Itzhak Energy. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Zuleyka Strasner of ZeroGrocery.com which offers a grocery delivery platform that provides shoppers with a convenient and plastic-free delivery service. In this episode, Zuleyka talks about how she started the business and validated the market with $2,500 from her apartment building, what it's like navigating Silicon Valley and raising capital as a Black, trans, woman immigrant (and why resilience is key), why it's important to not waste time on investors who are "just not that into you," how COVID19 has dramatically changed the landscape for her business (in a good way), and much more. The Company most recently raised $3 million of seed funding in a deal led by 1984 Ventures. Luma Launch, GingerBread Capital, Forward Venture Capital, Chingona Ventures, Concrete Rose Capital, INCITE, MaC Venture Capital, Gaingels Syndicate, Cleo Capital, Bluestein Ventures, Alumni Vent

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Michael Bloch of Pillar Life (www.pillarlife.com), an online platform to store, organize, and share information with your family. In this episode, Michael talks about how he used cold emails and persistence to land his first angel investors, how he got Kleiner Perkins to lead his seed round, and how (and why) he completely pivoted his business when COVID19 hit. The company raised $6.53 million of seed funding in a deal led by Kleiner Perkins. Red Dog Capital, Day One Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Rainfall Ventures, Kairos HQ, K50 Ventures, Financial Venture Studio, Patrick Kavanagh, Adam Nash, Zachary Weinberg, Nathaniel Turner, Misha Esipov and Noah Weiss also participated in the round. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Brian Vallelunga of Doppler.com a platform for managing environment variables (e.g. API keys) for developers. In this episode, Brian talks about raising a pre-seed round from Kleiner while he was still working at Uber, applying to Y Combinator for the 6th or 7th time, pitching a long-term massive vision (even in the early days), resisting the temptation of initial offers and the search for "partners not capital," how he made his investor intros go viral, pitching Peter Thiel, the importance of managing dilution, and much more. The Company raised raised $2.3 million in a seed round led by Sequoia Capital. Abstract Ventures, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Soma Capital, Nat Friedman, Aaron Levie, Dylan Field, Ben Porterfield, Jeremy Stoppelman, Kevin Hartz, Jeff Holden, Greg Brockman, Jeffrey Queisser and Peter Thiel also participated in the round. How I Raised It i

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jonathan Siddharth of Turing.com, a platform to hire the world's best remote engineers. In this episode, Jonathan talks about how he's building the "talent cloud" of 180k global engineers, his journey from EIR at Foundation Capital to startup founder, running a serial vs. parallel fundraising process, how he plays the "long game" and cultivates relationships with VCs, and much more. The Company raised $32 million of seed funding in a deal led by Foundation Capital on November 12, 2020. Adam D'Angelo, Cyan Banister, AltaIR Capital Ashu Garg, Beerud Sheth and other investors also participated in the round. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Matt Gillis of Clean.io which makes security technology that prevents "malvertising" threats. In this episode, Matt talks about what "malvertising" is, how raising capital is an emotional process, what he did differently to raise money during COVID19, how to leverage LInkedIn effectively to generate investor leads, and much more. The Company raised $5 million in venture funding in a deal led by Tribeca Venture Partners. Real Ventures, Inner Loop Capital and Grit Capital Partners also participated in the round. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jack Conte of Patreon.com, a platform that allows creators to monetize their work through a direct relationship with their fans. In this episode, Jack talks about how and why he came up with the idea for Patreon, how he turned rejections into tips for improving his pitch deck, how he uses his personal story as a key component of the pitch, the difference between raising early rounds and late stage rounds (e.g. Series B, C, D, E), and much more. The Company has raised over $240 Million in total, and most recently raised $90 million of Series E venture funding in a deal led by New Enterprise Associates and Wellington Management. Glade Brook Capital Partners, Index Ventures, Thrive Capital, DFJ Growth and Lone Pine Capital also participated in the round. This is #3 of 3 in our "Music Tech" series. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise c

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Milana Lewis of Stem.is, a platform that helps musicians distribute their music, automate splits, and get paid. In this episode, Milana talks about how she informally socialized her deal with investors (but ran a process), what discovery questions to ask prospective investors, what her investor funnel metrics looked like, how to prioritize investor leads, and much more. The Company most recently raised $10 million of venture funding in a deal led by Slow Ventures. Upfront Ventures, Aspect Ventures, Mark Gillespie, Baron Davis and Kevin Lee (Coach K) also participated in the round. This is #2 of 3 this week in our "Music Tech" series. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Paul Wiltshire of Songtradr.com, a music licensing platform that helps artists and songwriters license and monetize their content. In this episode, Paul talks about how the music industry works, why he decided to raise only what the Company needed to hit incremental milestones, his largely Australian cap table, raising capital from a family office, and more. The Company most recently raised $30 million of Series C venture funding in a deal led by St. Baker Family Office. This is #1 of 3 this week in our "Music Tech" series. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com