The Fundraising Founder OS
5 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Efficiently fundraise for your startup with investors you love.
5 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Efficiently fundraise for your startup with investors you love.
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Hosted by
Gian Seehra
I have been a part of $300m worth of VC funding as a VC, founder and advisor.
Course overview
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. Having 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sana Al-Badri
Vishal Amin
Will Gibbs
Maryon Stewart
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 now I have spent the last 2 years trying to solve how to make a structured process to fundraising for technology founders.
The founders I have helped have gone on to raise $130,000,000 through this process.
And I can help you build yours.
01
Mindset & the foundations of fundraising
In the first week, we establish the foundations of fundraising and working on the mindset of how you think about yourself as a founder, your company and your fundraise.
We will also tackle two main fundraising concerns:
02
Creating your influential narrative
In the second week, we’ll break down the two most important steps to influence investors - how to keep investors interested and how to influence them to want to invest into your story and vision.
We’ll cover:
03
Targeting and meeting the right investors for you
In the third week, we’ll focus on building a functioning network before you launch your fundraise.
We’ll cover:
04
Creating your fundraise playbook
In the last week, we’ll build your fundraising playbook to make sure you have the best launch and process to secure your term sheet.
We’ll cover:
A 4-week course
Each session will involve interactive lectures and breakout groups. Most of the coursework will be done during class.
1:00pm - 3:00pm GMT
Tuesday 6th
Thursday 8th
Tuesday 13th
Thursday 15th
Tuesday 20th
Thursday 22nd
Tuesday 27th
2-4 hours per week
Videos, exercises and frameworks to prepare you for the week ahead.
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you