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 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.

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.