The Fundraising Founder OS
4.9 (7)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Efficiently and effectively fundraise for your startup with investors you want on your cap table.
The Fundraising Founder OS
4.9 (7)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Efficiently and effectively fundraise for your startup with investors you want on your cap table.
Course overview
Build a fundraising operating system that gets you more term sheets.
Over the last decade, I’ve learnt a lot about what it takes to fundraise for startups and invest well as a VC.
During this time I have been searching to find the secret sauce to making fundraising more successful.
And you know what?
There's a proven and tested method by:
1. Building the right relationships through a structured network
2. Telling a clear and concise narrative that makes investors excited by what you are building
3. Using the right frameworks, processes and preparation before you launch and as you go through your fundraise
The real secret to having a more successful fundraise for your startup is to create an Operating System for how you tackle your fundraise.
So you can:
- Make your fundraise seamless
- Meet investors you would love to work with
- Speak to them with clarity
- Show them why they should invest into you
All so you can get an oversubscribed round for your start-up.
With the types of investors that will not just give you money, but also help you succeed.
Who is this course for
01
You are a pre-seed to Series B founder looking to fundraise in the next 3-18+ months.
02
You want a tried and true fundraising system so you can create a more successful fundraise.
03
You want to create a competitive round with the types of investors who will help you grow and scale your startup.
What you’ll get out of this course
Examine why investors think the way they do
You have to know how investors think and how you should communicate why your start-up is something they should invest into.
You'll create a knowledge book of why investors think the way they do, and how you can communicate with them to make them excited by you.
Speak with clarity to create your influential narrative that makes investors love you
Fundraising is about being clear, confident and consistent about why and what you are building your company for.
You'll synthesize a narrative that makes investors want to invest into you by delving into your deeper why, the stories of your customers and your vision.
Build a functioning network with 150+ warm connections to investors
Fundraising is all about perception. Getting multiple warm connections into an investor is the best way to make that perception the highest.
By the end of this course you will have a functioning CRM of connectors, founders and investors for when you launch your fundraise.
Create a repeatable, efficient and more successful fundraising process for every single fundraise you ever do.
You will develop your preparation, launch timeline and fundraising strategy that will give you the highest chance of successfully fundraising.
You will use this for every single fundraise you do in the future.
This course includes
8 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
25 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
37 projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
The Fundraising Founder OS
Course syllabus
Week 1
Nov
14
Orientation & Foundations
Nov
16
Workshop 1: How To Have A Rock-Solid Mindset & Founder Origin Story
Orientation & Foundations
Workshop 1: How to Have A Rock-Solid Mindset & Founder Origin Story
Week 2
Nov
21
Workshop 2: Mapping Your Network & Building Your Investor Lists
Nov
23
Workshop 3: Creating An Investable Narrative
Workshop 2: Mapping Your Network & Building Your Investor Lists
Workshop 2: Homework Exercises
Workshop 3: Creating An Investable Narrative
Workshop 3: Homework Exercises
Week 3
Nov
28
Workshop 4: Preparing & Launching Your Fundraise
Nov
30
Workshop 5: How To Get More Term Sheets With A Proper Process
Workshop 4: Preparing & Launching Your Fundraise
Workshop 4: Homework Exercises
Workshop 5: How to Get More Term Sheets
Workshop 5: Homework Exercises
Week 4
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Meet your instructor
Gian Seehra
I started my career as a serial founder.
However I failed to fundraise for my first 3 startups.
This was a frustrating experience and I spent a long time trying to understand why I failed.
I applied these learnings to my next two companies where we raised $16,000,000.
I then joined Octopus Ventures, one of Europe's largest Venture Capital firms, as a VC.
During my 3 years at Octopus I was a part of $150,000,000 in venture capital funding from pre-seed to series B companies.
This allowed me to see the other side of the coin in fundraising.
Then, in 2020, I decided to leave my VC job as I had the itch to be a founder again.
And I have now spent the last 2 years trying to solve how to make a structured process to fundraising.
The founders I have helped have gone on to raise $160,000,000+ through this process.
And I can help you build yours.
Course schedule
4-6 hours per week
October - November 2023
A 4-week course
Each session will involve interactive lectures and breakout groups. Most of the coursework will be done during class.
Tuesdays & Thursdays
1:00pm - 3:00pm GMT
Weekly projects
2-4 hours per week
Videos, exercises and frameworks to prepare you for the week ahead.
A Tier-1 VC Investment Committee Paper
An Investment Committee (IC) paper is used when an investor is pitching your company to their IC.
This is when they discuss if they will give you a term sheet.
Having this IC paper example is best way to understand how an investor makes decisions about investing in you.
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Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects to make sure you are doing the necessary work to fundraise successfully.
Interactive and project-based.
You’ll be interacting with other founders through breakout rooms and project teams. This is NOT just learning, this is DOING.
Learn with a cohort of founders.
Join a community of like-minded founders who want to learn and grow alongside you.
Having this type of community is paramount to a successful fundraise.
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