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Rohan Chaubey

Founders, share your fundraising wisdom!

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Found Aerial (AI co-pilot for fundraising) on PH: https://www.producthunt.com/post... If you've successfully raised funds for your startup, please share your experiences and advice. What strategies worked best for you? Any specific resources or tools or advisors you found invaluable? Share your wisdom in the comments below! :)

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Rafael Pinheiro
@Ryan Breslow´s "Fundraising" is a 30-minute read that saves months. By far the best approach to fundraising. I highly recommend it: https://www.amazon.com/Fundraisi...
Natalia Cebotari
I've tried many things. What really worked was deep connections with other founders who naturally made some fruitful intro to their investors.
YC J
Connections and practice and stable emotion. Statistically speaking, it takes on average 72 vc meetings to land one ts, do not get discouraged if you only have met 30....
KJ
@yc_j That's absolutely true. From what I know, it's not done till it's done. So, yes, while there are many milestones to celebrate, one can only be confident when money hits the bank. We built Aerial to maximize the odds of that happening. We just launched today, so I will appreciate any feedback we can get.
Daria Ofitserova
Personal connections, a long-term built and provable reputation - this worked for me.
André J
What stage? pre or post product?
Oleksandr Buratynskyi
would love to hear suggestions on how to attract at "pre-seed"