Startup Fundraising Demystified

5.0

(20 ratings)

9 Days

Cohort-based Course

Are you finding it difficult & confusing to raise money? Quickly engage the right investors & close faster with our proven method.

Startup Fundraising Demystified

5.0

(20 ratings)

9 Days

Cohort-based Course

Are you finding it difficult & confusing to raise money? Quickly engage the right investors & close faster with our proven method.

Hosted by

Jorden Woods and Radhika Iyengar

Partners, StarChain Ventures. $220M+ raised as advisors & founders

Jorden Woods and Radhika Iyengar

Partners, StarChain Ventures. $220M+ raised as advisors & founders

Invited experts on tech entrepreneurship

Course overview

Get the tools and strategies to succeed faster

Entrepreneurs typically reach out to us when they're stuck in the fundraising process and stressed that they can't raise money. We're serial entrepreneurs so we know the challenges -- and what works.

Based on our extensive experience helping founders raise over $220M, we've developed this course to give you the insider knowledge, proprietary frameworks, and strategies to accelerate the fundraising process and achieve more effective outcomes. You'll understand the investor mindset and what's expected at each stage to reach your goals confidently.

You'll put these crucial insights into action to pitch at our Demo Day on the final day of the course.

This course is for:

Founders who are serious about raising money for their tech startups

Entrepreneurs who are frustrated with confusing investor discussions

Anyone ready to raise money faster with the right investors

Founders who are serious about raising money for their tech startups

Entrepreneurs who are frustrated with confusing investor discussions

Anyone ready to raise money faster with the right investors

What you’ll get out of this course

Know how to target and meet the right investors

Understand how to find and focus only on those investors who will be interested in your startup

Fully understand all the steps in the fundraising process

Know what to expect from investors at all times and be prepared with the right materials

Know how to interpret investor responses and know where you stand

Understand the investor mindset and how you're being perceived & evaluated through the process

Increase your chances of successful fundraising with a new skillset

Optimize your pitch to create investor excitement with our detailed feedback

Pitch to Angels & Silicon Valley investors on Demo Day

Active investors will evaluate your pitch and provide valuable feedback to help you succeed

This course includes

4 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

In-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

4 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

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Modules
DEMO DAY -- Formal Pitch with Q&A
DEMO DAY -- Formal Pitch with Q&A
0 Lessons • 0 Projects
Insider's Guide to Fundraising
Insider's Guide to Fundraising
2 Projects
The Investor Mindset
The Investor Mindset
1 Project
Practice Pitch with Feedback
Practice Pitch with Feedback
1 Project

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(20 ratings)

What students are saying

Meet your expert instructors

Jorden Woods

Lead Instructor

Successful 3-time Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and pioneer in advanced tech
Raised $220M+ for own companies & as advisor to startups in advanced tech in US & globally
Extensive experience advising top startups in US & globally across SaaS, marketplaces, ecommerce, apps, mobile, web3, AI/ML, and GenAI
Invited speaker at Stanford, Google, Berkeley, MIT, Draper U + major AI/GenAI and advanced tech conferences, events & podcasts
Led US operations and/or business & tech strategy for many high-tech companies generating $MM in revenue
Tech advisor to Fortune 500: Apple, VMware, Verisign, HP, GE, and Cisco with $MM ROI
Author of Enterprise Blockchain Has Arrived, Amazon #1 Best Seller, accurately predicted rise of web3, AI & peer-to-peer technologies
1st company, GlobalSight, generated $MM in revenue, leader in enterprise globalization, acquired 2005
Leader for the AstroSapiens community and Foundation focused on increasing DEI in tech and access to capital
BS (Astrophysics) Caltech, MS (Physics) University of Washington

Radhika Iyengar

Lead Instructor

Top 100 Women of the Future, TED Speaker, Silicon Valley Woman of Influence, recognized female trailblazer, SV serial entrepreneur
$165M+ raised advising startups directly and via premier programs globally in advanced tech
Extensive experience advising top startups in US & globally across SaaS, marketplaces, ecommerce, apps, mobile, web3, AI/ML & GenAI
Advisor to multiple governments, accelerators & top startups for advanced technologies in the US, Europe and emerging markets
Keynote speaker at Google, Intel, Stanford, Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, Draper U, major CxO forums, AI/GenAI & women’s conferences + podcasts
Interviews w/ Forbes Japan, CNN International & Business/Tech Insider
Author of Enterprise Blockchain Has Arrived, Amazon #1 Best Seller, accurately predicted rise of web3, AI & peer-to-peer technologies
Member California Gov Ops Blockchain Working Group advising State Legislature & Governor Newsom on the responsible use of web3
Leader for the AstroSapiens community and Foundation focused on increasing DEI in tech and access to capital
AB Bryn Mawr College, MBA Chapman University, Certified Network Engineer (CNE)

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