This blog post is a  short summary of Jinal Jahaveri's episode. Jinal is an engineer turned entrepreneur and also an investor. He is founder and chairman of the company «SchoolMint» (​https://www.schoolmint.com)​ , as well a…

This blog post is based on a conversation we had with Troy Zander for the fundraising radio podcast.Troy Zander is a partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP. He is the partner in charge of the San Diego Office, and the head of the firm's venture lendi…

This blog post is based on a conversation we had with Reza Sabahi for the Fundraising Radio podcast. Reza Sabahi is the managing director at Wells Fargo Capital finance (https://wellsfargocapitalfinance.com) , which is one of the specialized lending…

In this short FundRaising Radio blog post we will summarize the tips Sarah Leners, Venture Capital Senior Associate at Bull City Venture Partners, shared in regards to getting your first call with an investor.   Networking advice for founders…

This blog post is based on the conversation we had with Nitin Pachisia on the Fundraising Radio podcast.   First of all Nitin gives some background on himself and on Unshackled Ventures which he started about six years ago. While discussing&n…

How five investors source their deals, by Luis Bravo. Jasmine Yu Zhang, Venture University and Angel Investor: Jasmine Yu Zhang is a partner at Venture University. According to its LinkedIn, Venture University is  “the world's leading i…

In today’s blog post we will make quite a relevant summary of our guests’ views on the investing, fundraising and basically surviving during COVID-19.  We have chosen 5 episodes in which this topic was discussed. That way you will …

In this article Jessica Li, investor at Soma Capital, tells us about choosing the right person to invest in your idea,  she shares some details about early stage fundraising and about her personal investment preferences.    Some bac…

This article is based on the conversation we had with Sedale Trubovsky. For the uninitiated Sedale Trubovsky is a serial entrepreneur, who is currently the founder and CEO of Open Grants. Sedale’s interest and proclivities for grants stems fro…

Now we would like to offer you some commonly used (in the startup investment field) abbreviations so that you don’t feelconfused or stupid when investors or other founders through them at you. 1. VC - venture capital or more frequently meanin…