Haris Khurshid
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How To Close Your Fundraising Round In 60 Days

30 min
Oct 27, 2026 1:00 PM

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103 students

What you'll learn

Build a 60-Day Close Blueprint

Structure your raise with a clear timeline, investor sequencing, and strategy so you’re not fundraising indefinitely.

Batch Investor Conversations for Maximum Leverage

Why taking meetings randomly kills momentum, and how to compress outreach so interest compounds instead of drifts.

Create Real Signaling (Without Faking It)

How to secure an anchor, frame soft commits properly, and communicate progress in a way that pulls investors forward.

Control the Timeline & Not the Other Way Around

Learn how to handle “let's circle back next month,” slow diligence, and passive investors without losing momentum.

Convert Interest Into Commitments

The exact follow-up cadence, update structure, and framing that turns “this is interesting” into signed checks.

Why this topic matters

Fundraising rounds don't stall because investors say no. They stall because investors go quiet, follow-ups lose momentum, and founders run out of leverage. Haris has sat on both sides of the table, as a VC investor and helping founders navigate fundraising. In this lesson, founders will learn how to build investor momentum, create urgency, and turn interest into commitments by running their fundraising process like a deal, not a conversation.

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Haris Khurshid

Haris Khurshid

ex-VC | ex-startup CFO | 50+ Investments | 8 Exits

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