Key Themes

#investment

  • All about a pre-seed round - timings and investors

  • How much to raise

  • Learn how to create a perfect pitch

9 Videos - 24 Minutes

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    Raising a Pre-Seed

    • 1 - Introduction

    • 2 - Should I raise money for my startup?

    • 3 - What types of investors will invest in a pre-seed round?

    • 4 - How to run your fundraising process

    • 5 - When should I raise a pre-seed round?

    • 6 - How much should I raise in my pre-seed?

    • 7 - What should my pitch look like

    • 8 - What relationship should I expect to have with my investors?

    • 9 - Our thesis for the next generation of founders

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Meet Your Instructor

Maren Bannon

Maren is Co-founder and Partner at January Ventures, an early stage venture fund to invest early and open doors for the founders of the future. Maren is an entrepreneur at heart who has been building tech businesses for the past 15 years. Previously, she was CEO and Cofounder of LittleLane. Her operating experience also includes leadership roles at health tech startups as well as leading consumer marketing for a $1B product at Genentech. She has an MBA from Stanford and an Engineering degree from Dartmouth.

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Concise overview and advice for fundraising in the early ...

Shonali Banerjee

A great overview of pre-seed fundraising and the things to be aware of, including advice on whether VC financing is appropriate, how to pitch and how much to...

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A great overview of pre-seed fundraising and the things to be aware of, including advice on whether VC financing is appropriate, how to pitch and how much to raise. A really useful guide for founders thinking about raising funding.

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