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Secret Leaders with Dan Murray-Serter & Chris Donnelly

How I Failed: 250 VCs and not a single yes, with Pluto Co-Founder Alex Rainey

Dec 1, 2022
14:06

Do you want to learn about raising capital from someone who has been through the wringer and reflected on his mistakes?

Alex Rainey is the Co-Founder of travel insurer and planning app Pluto, which he founded in 2018. They raised a total of £1.3 million, and grew to be the UK’s second highest rated travel insurer and one of the top-3 travel planning apps on the app store. 

But in September 2022, just a couple of months before we recorded this episode, Alex and his Co-Founder sold the company after failing to raise in a brutal fundraise. 

What went wrong? Listen to find out. 

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