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 Jonathan Ende, CEO of SeamlessDocs.com, a cloud-based e-signature platform that helps governments move all their forms online. The Company recently raised a $7.5 million Series C round of venture funding in a deal led by SJF Ventures. Motorola Solutions, Entrepreneur Roundtable Accelerator (ERA), NY State Innovation Ventures, CapRock, Govtech Fund, 1776 and others participated. Previously the Company raised from Kernel Capital, OnGrid Ventures, SoundBoard Angel Fund, Urban.Us, Harvard Business School Angels and New York Angels, Code For America, K Street Capital, RosePaul Ventures, Govtech Fund and others. in this episode, Jonathan talks about the criticality of focus and persistence, the rise of "GovTech" as an investing category, key questions to ask investors to gauge interest level, understanding the investor's decision making process, and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Scott Abel, CEO of Umuse.io. Umuse is an app that consolidates email, text, chat, and other communication channels into one stream. The Company recently raised $5 million of seed funding from Shasta Ventures, Next Coast Ventures and Floodgate Capital. In this episode, Scott talks about the evolution of the Austin startup scene, getting to know VCs well before fundraising, the importance of storytelling when raising capital, when to raise the next round, 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 Maggie Louie of DevCon Detect, a network security platform that helps publishers protect revenue against fraud. The Company is currently enrolled in two accelerator programs run by Techstars Barclays as well as Engage Ventures. The Company has also raised capital from Off The Grid Ventures, GAN Ventures, Newfund Management, Las Olas Venture Capital, Start Co., Innova Memphis, Golden Seeds, The JumpFund, and angels such as Kelly Fowler, Chad Fowler, Jennifer Collins, Miles Cook, Andrea Nunn, and Hampus Jakobsson. In this episode, Maggie talks about using accelerators to generate customers and test business models, the startup scenes in Memphis and Atlanta, getting mentoring, 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 Andre Lorenceau, CEO of LiveLikeVR, an an online broadcasting platform designed to help see live sports with the help of virtual reality. The Company recently raised a $9.6 million Series B from Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, CourtsideVC, and Dentsu Ventures, along with Elysian Park Ventures, Evolution Media, GC VR Gaming Tracker Fund, Greycroft, Lepe Partners, National Basketball Association, CAA Ventures, David Stern and Jonathan Goldman. In this episode, Andre talks about going through Techstars, leveraging the "underdog role" to attract investors such as David Stern (former Commissioner of the NBA), the importance of grit and perseverance, and having clear milestones for each successive funding round.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Brett Belchetz, CEO of Maple (www.getmaple.ca). Maple makes an online medical consultation platform in Canada, allowing consumers to instantly connect with physicians to diagnose medical issues. Maple raised a $4 million Series A venture round from MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, Global Excel Management, and Jeff Fettes, among others. In this episode, Brett talks about the Toronto startup scene, being capital efficient, growing your metrics vs. managing your burn rate, building relationships with investors over time, raising money from strategic investors, and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Olof Mathe, CEO of www.MixMax.com, an email and scheduling software platform used by salespeople, recruiters, customer success teams and more. Olof talks about finding an industry leader investor to attract other investors, raising money with an AngelList Syndicate, engaging your investor base via monthly updates, raising an "opportunistic" round when you don't necessarily need it, how raising capital allows you to be bolder and place bigger bets, and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jonathan Polter, CEO of www.PawnGuru.com. PawnGuru is an online marketplace to pawn, buy and sell used goods from pawnshops. The Company recently raised raised $2.5 million of Series A venture funding led by Impact America Fund and Invest Detroit Ventures. In this episode, Jonathan, an ex-Rabbi, talks about how the pawn industry works, the Detroit and SE Michigan startup scene and what it takes to raise capital outside of the coasts.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Alex Canter, CEO of Ordermark (www.ordermark.com), a Los Angeles-based online ordering management platform funded by Techstars, TenOneTen Ventures, Mucker Capital, Act One Ventures and several angels. Alex talks about growing up in the restaurant business (Canter’s Deli in LA) and how that led to the idea for Ordermark, raising money from (and through) family members, converting an angel investor into the company’s CTO, and pitching Los Angeles investors.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Andrew Hoag, CEO of Teampay.com. Teampay recently raised a $4M seed round led by Crosscut Ventures with participation from Rising Tide Fund, KEC Ventures, Precursor Ventures, CoVenture and others. In this episode, Andrew talks about using a SAFE for his pre-seed round, running a process, smart money vs. "dumb money" and signaling, fundraising cadences, and more. He also goes deep and shares *really* valuable tips on how to structure your slide deck and improve your pitch.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Mahbod Moghadam, CEO of Everipedia (www.everipedia). The Company recently raised $30 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Galaxy Investment Partners's EOS.IO Ecosystem Fund. In this episode, Mahbod talks about raising a traditional seed round via Mucker capital, angel investors, and using crowdfunding, then pivoting to being a "blockchain version of Wikipedia" and raising capital from Galaxy Digital, which is investing from the EOS Ecosystem fund and backed by the $1.5 Billion token sale conducted by Block.one.