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 Jake Poses of Jumprope.com, a video content platform for creating useful and engaging recipes, beauty tutorials, fitness routines and more. In this episode, Jake talks about how to get investors to answer your emails, the difference between the New York and San Francisco venture scenes, how to align fundraising with future milestones, why a monthly letter to investors is so valuable (and how to write an effective one), and more. The Company raised $4.5 million of seed funding in a deal led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Other investors include Scott Belsky (Behance), Shrug Capital, Marco Zappacosta and Jonathan Swanson (Thumbtack). This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Learn more 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 Waseem Daher of PIlot.com, makers of an online bookkeeping platform for startups and SMEs. The Company recently raised $40 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by Index Ventures along with Stripe. Previous investors include Drew Houston, Adam D'Angelo, John Collison and other angels. In this episode, Waseem talks about raising a seed round from 40 angels and 3 VCs, how to engage investors to help (and expectations for what percent will be active), why raising a Series B can embolden the company to take bigger bets, and more. SPECIAL OFFER: get 20% off by signing up here: https://pilot.com/foundersuite This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Learn more 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 Rousseau Kazi of Threads.com, which is a platform designed to make work more inclusive by empowering teams to discuss and make decisions at scale. The Company raised a $10.5M Series A led by Sequoia Capital. Additional investors included executives from companies like Eventbrite, TaskRabbit, Stripe and more. In this episode, Rousseau talks about why the company wanted to build an inclusive and diverse cap table, the importance of being able to articulate the problem + market + "why now" when pitching, why learning how to recruit employees is one of the highest ROI activities for founders, and much more. This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Learn more at www.foundersuite.com.

"How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Thejo Kote of Airbase.com which makes an all-in-one spend management platform. In this episode, Thejo talks about how he did extensive customer development and market validation before building a product, why he thinks founders should avoid large funds for their seed round, what milestones to hit before raising a Series A, why the "heavy lifting" of raising capital actually happens 18 months before fundraising, and more. Airbase raised a $7 million Series A led by First Round Capital. Village Global, BoxGroup, Quiet Capital, and Maynard Webb also participated. This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Learn more at www.foundersuite.com.

"How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Cameron Yarbrough of Torch.io, an online leadership and coaching platform. Torch recently raised a $10 million Series A led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from Initialized Capital Management, West Ventures, and Y Combinator. In this episode, Cameron talks about lessons learned in Y Combinator (and tips for getting accepted), the rise of the "Investor Memo" as a fundraising tool, how to use "coffee meetings" to assess for chemistry, how to manage your psychology and tolerate your insecurities when fundraising, and much more. This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Learn more 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 Danish Dhamani of Orai.com, an app that helps people improve the way they speak. The Company raised a $2.56 million Seed round led by Comcast Ventures with participation from Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Prototype Capital. In this episode, Danish talks about the Philadelphia startup and investor scene, how to think of your seed round as a strategic game and time-bound it, how to maximize your investor funnel, the power of vulnerability when fundraising, and more. Check out www.Foundersuite.com for a full set of tools to raise capital. Clients have raised over $1.2 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 Kristjan Kangro of Change (www.getchange.com) makers of a wallet / credit card for crypto investments. In this episode, Kristjan shares the story of raising capital via token sale. why he thinks utility tokens are over but security tokens are not yet ready, why they are making their utility token more like an equity instrument, and more. This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Learn more 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 Joseph Pickrell of Gencove (www.gencove.com) which makes a sequencing platform to improve genomic discovery. The Company raised a $2.68 million seed round in a deal led by Spero Ventures with participation from Alexandria Venture Investments, Burst Capital, Third Kind Venture Capital, and Version One Ventures. In this episode, Joseph discusses how his company is helping take genomics mainstream and what that could mean, raising capital for a science-heavy business, transitioning from academia to business, and more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Gregory Robinson of The Mom Project (www.themomproject.com), a job marketplace and recruiting platform for accomplished women. The Company raised an $8 million Series A led by Grotech Ventures and Initialized Capital Management, with participation from BBG Ventures, OCA Ventures, Engage Ventures, Tech Square Venture Partners, Aspect Ventures, Atlanta Seed Company, IrishAngels and Wintrust Ventures. In this episode, Gregory talks about the growing need (and opportunity) for work/life balance, raising capital for a mission-focused business, what angel investors are really looking for, why he let two corporate VCs into his seed round, and much more. This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Learn more 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 Randall of Life By Spot (www.lifebyspot.com) a provider of short-term life insurance for adventure seekers and active travelers. The Company raised $5.83 million led by Silverton Partners along with Zeno Ventures and Plug and Play Tech. In this episode, Matt talks about how they can profitably underwrite skydiving, lawnmower racing, and other "adventure sports," raising an oversubscribed round from angels and HNW individuals, the risk of letting VCs in too early, how to ask for advice from a VC, they Austin startup scene, key terms to pay attention to, and much more. This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Learn more at www.foundersuite.com.