Founder & CEO of ModernTax

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.
The Anti-VC Playbook: Cold Emails, Fast Closes, and No BS.
Get access to 500+ pre-researched investors sorted by check size and focus
Learn a simple tiering system to prioritize your best-fit targets first
Review a vault of 50+ real cold emails that secured meetings and investment
Learn the anatomy of a cold email that gets opened, read, and replied to
See real fundraising campaigns broken down — successes and failures
Learn the outreach-to-meetings-to-offer funnel that compresses a raise into 60 days
Learn Matt's counterintuitive meeting-calendar strategy for creating FOMO
Batch investor meetings together to manufacture competitive pressure
Learn negotiation tactics built for first-time founders with limited leverage
Walk through how to create leverage even with a single term sheet
Learn why cold outreach beats warm intros for first-time founders
Apply the same playbook Matt used to raise $4.3M+ with no network

Seasoned founder, raised $4.3M+. Scaled startups to $650K ARR. Founder-focused
Outsiders: Cold emailing is more effective than begging for warm intros when you are a first-time founder.
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.

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4 live sessions • 11 lessons
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Live sessions
3 hrs / week
Wed, Sep 16
12:00 AM—1:00 AM (UTC)
Fri, Sep 18
12:00 AM—1:00 AM (UTC)
Sat, Sep 19
4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Sep 22
12:00 AM—1:00 AM (UTC)
Outreach project
1-2 hrs / week
A hands-on outreach project you apply directly to your own raise, not busywork.
Series B Founder
Ajalon Elliott
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