How To Raise Millions For Your Startup in 60 Days

8 Days

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Cohort-based Course

The Anti-VC Playbook: Cold Emails, Fast Closes, and No BS.

Raised from funds, angels, and scouts

Upfront
Gaingels
Hard Yaka
Square
Northwestern Mutual

Course overview

From $0 to $1M in 60 Days (Even When "Experts" Say It's Impossible)

Forget What You've Been Told About Fundraising


"The way the top-end venture capitalist firms work is they'll take you seriously if you come in introduced by somebody they've worked with before, and they won't take you seriously if you don't." — Marc Andreessen


I'm here to tell you that's complete BS.

I've raised $4.3M+ for my startups—including $1M in just 60 days using cold emails. No warm intros. No "network." Just a strategic approach that most VCs don't want you to know about.

This Isn't Another Theoretical Fundraising Course

01

Outsiders: Cold emailing is more effective than begging for warm intros when you are a first-time founder.

02

Ambitious founders: 60 days is all you need (not 6+ months). You honestly do not have six months to raise. This course is about moving fast.

What You'll Get (That No Other Course Offers)

Case Study Database

Real fundraising campaigns dissected (successes AND failures)

Proprietary Investor Lists:

500+ pre-researched investors sorted by check size, industry focus, and cold email receptiveness

Cold Email Vault

50+ actual emails that secured meetings and investment (with analysis)

Meeting Calendar Strategy:

My counterintuitive method for scheduling that creates FOMO

Term Sheet Masterclass

How to negotiate when you have just one offer

This course includes

4 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

11 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

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.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Sep 19—Sep 22

    Session 1: Investor Meeting Strategies

    1 item

    Session 2: Preparing for Investor Meetings

    1 item

    Session 3: Building a Strategic Investor Pipeline

    1 item

Week 2

Sep 23—Sep 26
    Nothing scheduled for this week

Post-course

    Session 4 & 5: Mastering the Art of the Follow-up & Comparable Company Analysis

    1 item

    Session 6: Research and select the most appropriate comparables for your startup

    1 item

    Session 7: Tools & Progress Tracking

    1 item

    Session 8: Analyzing Deal Structures & Valuations

    1 item

    Session 9: Leveraging Comp Data in Your Pitch

    1 item

Bonus

    Session 10a: Angel Investor Sourcing 101

    1 item

    Session 10b: Crafting Tailored Pitches for Angels

    1 item

    Session 10c: Leveraging Angel Networks and Syndicates

    1 item

What people are saying

        Great working with Matt, we went from 12 investor meetings to 24 in one week with his help

 Series B Founder

Series B Founder

CEO
        "Matt's insights were invaluable. He broke down complex fundraising concepts, from SAFE structures to valuation strategies, in a way that was both practical and accessible. His firsthand experience navigating the startup ecosystem, coupled with his understanding of current market trends, provided us with a roadmap for our own fundraising
Ajalon Elliott

Ajalon Elliott

Founder, GoghNow

Meet your instructor

Matthew Parker

Matthew Parker

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Course schedule

4-6 hours per week

  • Thursdays & Sundays

    1:30 - 3:00pm EST

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  • September 4, 2024

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  • Weekly projects

    2 hours per week

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Free resource

Raising VC: Readiness Scorecard: Uncover Your Startup's True Potential

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What You'll Get:

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Learning is better with cohorts

Learning is better with cohorts

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

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What Makes This Different?

What Makes This Different?

Cold Outreach Mastery

  • Cold email workshop with real-time feedback
  • Target investor selection and tiering strategy
  • AI-powered personalization at scale techniques

Meeting Momentum Building

  • Mock investor meetings with brutal feedback
  • Follow-up frameworks that create urgency
  • Progress tracking systems that optimize your pipeline

Term Sheet Optimization

  • Negotiation tactics for first-time founders
  • Creating leverage when you have none
  • Closing strategies that accelerate wire transfers