RF:FO | Raising Funds from Family Offices
Barak Peled
Managing Partner | DR-Ventures
Learn the methods DR-Ventures uses to build our Family Office network
Raising from family offices feels impossible from the outside. There's no Crunchbase for FO capital, no clean list of who's writing checks, and every "warm intro" seems to depend on a network you don't have. So founders default to cold LinkedIn messages that go nowhere, or they wait for someone to hand them an intro - and stay stuck.
Family offices control a huge and growing share of startup capital, and unlike VCs, most of them are invisible by design. They don't post on Twitter, don't attend Demo Day, and actively avoid inbound pitches. Finding the right one takes real research, not luck.
This course teaches the method DR-Ventures uses internally: how to reverse-engineer who's actually backing companies like yours, track exits and M&A to find newly-liquid capital before anyone else does, qualify which family offices are worth your time, and build outreach that reads as informed - not desperate.
By week 4, you'll have a real target list, a working CRM, and live outreach in market.
We can't invest in every founder we meet. This course exists so you leave with something better than one introduction: a repeatable way to find capital on your own, for this raise and every one after it.
What you’ll learn
You'll go from guessing who might invest to running a research-backed system for finding, qualifying, and winning family office capital
How family offices invest, taxonomy, single vs. multi FO, wealth managers, generational stage, sources of wealth, capital allocation.
Identifying hidden family offices, M&A route, round reverse engineering, free databases, leveraging your existing network.
Profile the FO, score it, give it context, determine collaboration horizon, identify key decision makers, populate your CRM.
Build a connection strategy, context emails, credibility workflow, warm path-finding, sequencing, managing a cadence.
Put your learning into practice: work with 3 chosen family offices, draft the emails, reach out, troubleshoot — ready to raise like a Pro.
Learn directly from Barak
Barak Peled
Founder and managing partner at DR-Ventures
Who this course is for
Fundraising Business Owners Raising Capital
Start-Up Founders at Early-Stage
Business and Finance students
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Barak Peled in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Outreach Method
Including templates, CRM setup, cadence management
Access to thousands of FOs database
* limited for the duration of the course
1:1 coaching session (Post Graduation)
30 minutes of 1:1 coaching with Barak Peled, to perfect your raise strategy and answer any questions you might have
Maven Guarantee
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Course syllabus
Week 1
Aug
4
W1 S1 | Know your FO
Aug
6
W1 S2 | Roadmap - where to find FOs
Week 2
Aug
11
W2 S3 | Sorting it Out
Schedule
Live sessions
9 hrs
Tue, Aug 4
3:30 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Thu, Aug 6
3:30 PM—4:45 PM (UTC)
Tue, Aug 11
3:30 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Outreach Target List Curation
1-3 hrs
Async content
1-3 hrs
Frequently asked questions
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Everything L&D needs: email template, receipts, and certificate of completion.
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