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SaaStr 581: The Latest in VC Funding + Scaling SaaS: An AMA with SaaStr Founder & CEO Jason Lemkin

The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors

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Are You Raising More Than Four Million Ii?

Duke: If you need four to five million ii, get it. But can you make do with three or two point eight right right now? Because seems minor, but it's not. You may totally change the risk profile of an investment by raising a little bit less. Don't ask for enough capital to make it nine months t nothing will spook an investor more than flushing our money down the train. Ask for the least amount that will really work. And this advice of lowering the valuation 30 %, that may be less about the valuation,. although sure they're right in it, moreb it maybe about making the deal structurally attractive so that no one's worried about losing

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