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 Andy Lowery, CEO of RealWear (www.realwear.com). RealWear makes an industrial head-mounted wearable headset that allows factory workers to receive information from android tablets and Web and voice messages from co-workers while working at construction sites. The Company recently raised $17.07 million of a planned $20 million Series A venture funding from lead investor Columbia Ventures with participation from Realmax Technology. In this episode, Andy talks about bootstrapping a hardware company (and even raising money from employees), avoiding Silicon Valley VCs, raising capital in China, how to handle "no's", dealing with lockup periods, how entrepreneurship is the last great adventure, 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 Daniel Senyad of Shep (www.sheptravel.com). Shep makes an employee-centric travel tool intended to simplify SME travel. The company recently raised $1.4 million of seed funding in a deal led by Moonshots Capital. Capital Factory and strategic angels Kathy Misunas, Ellen Keszler, Jim Finnigan, Mariano Dima and others also participated. In this episode, Daniel talks about how to raise capital from "strategic angels," building his network via Capital Factory, spontaneously pitching Steve Huffman of Reddit, and the Austin startup scene.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Daniel Freedman of Burnalong.com. Burnalong is an online fitness platform that lets users stream fitness classes wherever they are. The Company recently raised $1 million of venture funding from Brown Advisory, Baltimore Angels and Machem Capital, TEDCO and Johns Hopkins University. In this episode, Daniel talks about raising capital in Baltimore Maryland, questions to ask other founders when doing due diligence on prospectiv investors, and how to not focus on the inevitable stream of "no's."

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Enrico Palmerino, CEO of Botkeeper.com. Botkeeper makes automated bookkeeping software that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to reduce cost and improve accuracy. Botkeeper recently raised $4.5 million of seed funding in a deal led by Ignition Venture Partners with participation from Bridge Boys, Dolik Ventures, 500 Startups, Correlation Ventures, US Investment Partners, Yozell Associates and 7 angel investors. In this tip-filled episode, Enrico talks about "getting vulnerable" with VCs, how to signal interest and create FOMO among investors, questions to ask to find out what VCs are really looking for, how to control the timeline during fundraising, the importance of finding a deal champion, and so 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 Stuart Landesberg, CEO of Grove Collaborative (www.grove.co). Grove makes natural home and personal care products with a mission to help every family create a healthy and beautiful home. Grove recently raised raised $36.77 million of Series C funding in a deal led by Norwest Venture Partners. Bullpen Capital, Mayfield Fund, Serious Change, NextView Ventures, MHS Capital, John Replogle and others also participated in the round. Stuart discusses raising initial capital based on a clickable prototype and excel, why he chose a B-Corporation, his investor funnel for the A 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 Nathan Hecht of Honcker (www.honcker.com). Based in New York, Honcker makes a mobile app to lease cars. The Company recently raised $23.17 million of Series A venture funding from IAC. Honcker has also raised capital from Evolution Corporate Advisors and Lead Edge Capital. In this episode, Nathan talks about the importance of having options, raising capital from strategic investors, and how he deals with anxiety during fundraising.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. this episode is with Rod Reasen, CEO of Springbuk. Sprinbuk is an online health analytics platform to forecast costs, measure performance and improve health. The Company, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, recently raised $20 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by HealthQuest Capital and Echo Health on January 22, 2018. Lewis & Clark Ventures and Elevate Ventures. Rod discusses the myth that raising capital is hard in the Midwest, how he ran a sales-like process, how and why he did extensive research on investors, and the detailed grading system he used to ultimately select his funding partners. BONUS: check out the cool VC Scoring worksheet that Rod used to sort and analyze potential investors: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_FRMjZZktqfgPU3nPdyZKwjeaeOcVhv2vQMoGmgV-Pk/edit?usp=sharing

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. this episode is with Aaron McDonald of Centrality.ai, one of the leading, blockchain venture studios in the world. Centrality recently completed an Initial Coin Offering (aka "Token Sale" or "ICO") which raised over $100 million in capital, putting it in the top 10 ICOs of all time.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Zack Weiner of Overtime in New York. Overtime runs an online sports network that allows high school and amateur athletes to edit, share and record sport videos. The Company recently raised a $9.5 million Series A venture round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Greycroft, Afore Capital, Fitz Gate Ventures, 645 Ventures, TACK Ventures, The Durant Co., Rich Kleiman, Box Group, Barrier Island Capital, Imagination Capital, Geoff Yang, Michael Spirito, Correlation Ventures, Horizons Alpha, Chaac Ventures, Ken Miller Capital, Jordan Levy and David Stern also participated in the round.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Guillermo Gette of Workast. Workast makes a Saas based slack-first task management tool designed to help teams to communicate. The Company raised a $1.85 million seed round led by Greycroft. Mucker Capital, Dream Incubator and Spider Capital Partner also participated in the round.