Fundraising: Demystified! True Stories Direct From Founders

By Jason Kirby

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In this podcast, we uncover the untold stories of founders who have weathered the highs and lows of raising capital. We go beyond the headlines and Techcrunch funding news articles to explore the uncharted territories of the fundraising landscape. In each episode, we'll sit down with founders from various industries who have raised venture capital to bring their visions to life. They'll open up about their personal journeys, fundraising tactics & more. If you're a founder, this podcast offers a ton of value & insights you can apply to your fundraising journey. Don't forget to hit subscribe!

Episode Date
EP 90: Search Funds Demystified: How Jon Staenberg (Agate Hound Fund) Nets 35% Annual Returns
Jun 19, 2025
EP 89: From Uber to Snap to AI: Ben Chiang on Raising Millions Then vs Now
Jun 12, 2025
EP 88: How a Broken Leave Policy Led to a $30M HR Tech Startup w/ Jenniffer Henderson (Tilt)
Jun 05, 2025
EP 87: Customer Retention Over Acquisition? Travis Steffen, Who’s Done $200M in Deals, Says Yes
May 29, 2025
EP 86: What Founders Get Wrong About Exits (and How John Rood Got It Right)
May 22, 2025
EP 85: From Burnout to Breakout: How Jennifer Tsai Bootstrapped Shoott.com to $10M After Raising $2.7M
May 15, 2025
EP 84: David Connors Used The Swarm to Raise Millions | Deal Flow, M&A, and Warm Intros
May 08, 2025
EP 83: Jess Loren on Digital Twins & Unconventional Strategies of Raising Capital as Female Founder
May 01, 2025
EP 82: How to Build a Startup Advisors | Barry Stamos of Supernova on Scaling & Managing Advisors
Apr 17, 2025
EP 81: IPO Market Trends 2025: Best Time to Go Public w/ Peter Goldstein | IPO Valuation & Readiness
Apr 10, 2025
EP 80: JC Glancy’s Unicorn Startup ZenBusiness From Credit Card Debt, Gave Up CEO, Hit $1B Valuation
Apr 03, 2025
EP 79: How to Attract Influencers to Promote Your Startup: Celebrity Marketing & Influencer Deals Explained
Mar 27, 2025
EP 78: How to Make a Startup Successful, Founder Mindset & Startup Operations with Adam Spector of Chore
Mar 20, 2025
EP 77: How To Spot Massive Early-Stage Startup Trends With Katelyn Donnelly Of Avalanche VC
Mar 13, 2025
EP 76: What VC Look For in Early Stage Startups with Dave Lambert Right Side Capital Management
Mar 06, 2025
EP 75: Raising Capital & Selling a Startup for Millions – Jeremy Parker’s Swag.com Story
Feb 27, 2025
EP 74: Jon Tucker of HelpFlow on AI for business efficiency and Evaluating AI Performance
Feb 20, 2025
EP 73: Fundraising Quadrants Explained: Where Does Your Startup Fit?
Feb 13, 2025
EP 72: Bootstrapping, Exiting, and Alternative Fundraising with Laurits Just
Feb 06, 2025
EP 71: How Rebel Energy Scaled £1.5M to £100M with Penelope Hope
Jan 30, 2025
EP 70: From Founder to Philanthropist: $1.3B Deployed by David Goldberg
Jan 23, 2025
EP 69: Scaling and Selling to Eight-Figure Exits with Carrie Kerpen
Jan 16, 2025
EP 68: From Bootstrapping to an Eight-Figure Exit with Conor Tomkies
Jan 09, 2025
EP 67: From Bootstrapping to $175M Exits with David Hauser
Dec 19, 2024
EP 66: How Patrick Butler Built 3 Wildly Different Businesses
Dec 12, 2024
EP 65: Navigating Debt Financing for Startups with Kyle Rector of Boundless
Dec 05, 2024
Season 2 Recap: The Best Fundraising Stories of This Season
Dec 02, 2024
EP 64: From Student Housing Startup to Africa’s Largest Platform with DigsConnect's Alexandria Procter
Nov 21, 2024
EP 63: Using Donor-Advised Funds to Power Underrepresented Startups with Patrice King-Brickman
Nov 14, 2024
EP 62: How to Gracefully Exit Your Startup with Simple Closure's Dori Yona
Nov 07, 2024
EP 61: Interplay's Mark Peter Davis Busts the Biggest VC Myths
Oct 31, 2024
EP 60: From Bootstrapping to Venture Capital to $30M Exits
Oct 24, 2024
EP 59: Master the 12-Month Plan That Will Get You Funded Faster
Oct 17, 2024
EP 58: From Air Force Mechanic to $25M Fintech Founder with Edrizio De La Cruz
Oct 10, 2024
EP 57: Mastering the First Investor Call with Jason Kirby
Oct 03, 2024
EP 56: Hidden Dangers of SAFE Agreements with Massive VC's Ari Newman
Sep 26, 2024
EP 55: Why Noah Friedman of Top Shelf Ventures Thinks Alcohol and Vices Are the Next Big Thing
Sep 19, 2024
EP 54: Mastering AI Startups and Fundraising Tips with Plutoshift's Prateek Joshi
Aug 15, 2024
EP 53: How Michael Markesbery turned NASA Tech into an Insulation Empire and Raised $50 Million in Capital
Aug 08, 2024
Ep 52: When to Sell To Your Business, Exit Strategies and Selling Your Marketing Agency By David Rodnitzky
Aug 01, 2024
EP 51: How Aakash Shah Raised Millions for Wyndly Without Traditional Funding
Jul 25, 2024
EP 50: How Dan Reich Cracked the Code to Multiple Successful Exits
Jul 18, 2024
EP 49: How Chris Gladwin Raised Over $100M and Achieved Over A Billion Dollar Exit Guest Name: Chris Gladwin
Jul 11, 2024
EP 48: How Alex Pattis Raised $75M in 300 Deals by Launching a Syndicate
Jul 04, 2024
EP 47: How Wen-Wen Lam Sold Her $100M Revenue Startup During Covid and Became a Top VC
Jun 27, 2024
EP 46: From Bankruptcy to Multi-Million Dollar Exits with Rob Hunter
Jun 20, 2024
EP 45: This Ex-Lawyer Raised $12M for a Cannabis-Tech Startup and Sold It!
Jun 13, 2024
EP 44: Mastering Venture Capital Strategies with Winter Mead
Jun 06, 2024
EP 43: Solo Founder Diana Heldfond of Parallel Raises $29 Million in Edtech
May 30, 2024
EP 42: IPO Expert Peter Goldstein Explains How to Successfully Go Public
May 23, 2024
EP 41: From DotCom Failure to Successful Exits, Now A Top Investor
May 09, 2024
EP 40: How Brady Nolan's Cold LinkedIn Message Leads to Best Egg's Acquisition of Till
May 02, 2024
EP 39: Sim Desai is Shaking Up Secondary Markets with $4.25M in Fresh Capital
Apr 25, 2024
EP 38: How OpenStock is Revolutionizing Private Stock Liquidity with Alex Simpson
Apr 18, 2024
EP 37: How Sherry Jiang Led Bluejay Finance Through a Major Pivot to Success
Apr 11, 2024
EP 36: Proof's Thanasis Delistathis Reveals Strategies to $350M in Venture Capital Investments
Apr 04, 2024
EP 35: From Pro-E-Gamer to CEO, Nick Cuomo Tells How He Raised 12M Series A for AllStar.gg!
Mar 28, 2024
EP 34: Alon Talmor is a "Crises-Time" Founder Raising $20M in a Down Market After Losing his COO
Mar 21, 2024
Ep. 33: How Tyler Denk Built the Newsletter Platform, Beehiiv, to Reach $7M in ARR
Mar 14, 2024
Ep. 32: How Jeremy Vaughan Raised a $3M Seed Round in Cybersecurity for Start Left Security
Mar 07, 2024
Ep. 31: Immigrant Entrepreneur Raised $12 Million for EdTech Startup: Vlada Lotkina of ClassTag
Feb 29, 2024
Ep. 30: How to Find the Right Chief Technical Officer for Your Startup and How a Service-Based Company Got $3 Million Funding with Frank Licea of Howdy.com
Feb 22, 2024
Ep. 29: Get Funded Fast with Kaustav Das’ Revenue-Based Financing Strategies
Feb 15, 2024
Ep. 28: How Nami Baral Raised $7 Million in 2 Weeks for Niural
Feb 08, 2024
Ep. 27: The Secret Weapon to Successful Fundraising: Practical Empathy
Feb 01, 2024
Ep 26: First-time Founder Ryan Eisenman Raised $20 Million in Series A by Building a Robust Network
Jan 25, 2024
EP. 25 How Did Ali Ansari Raise $14 Million in Pre-seed through Proper Positioning and Transparency
Jan 18, 2024
Ep 24: Unlocking the Power of PR in Fundraising with Jordan Bantista
Nov 14, 2023
Ep 23: How Julia Pimsleur Raised $6 Million in Venture Capital and Empowered Women Entrepreneurs
Nov 07, 2023
Ep 22: Zach Bell: Turning a Blank Check into $6 Million Pre-Revenue Funding
Nov 07, 2023
Ep 21: How Jack Hamrick Raised a $3 Million Seed Round For a Specialty Foods Marketplace
Oct 31, 2023
Ep 20: From Survival Mode to Profitable Growth: Bootstrapping Done Differently with Melissa Kwan
Oct 17, 2023
Ep 19: Raising $250 Million Since 1998: Proven Fundraising Tactics and Tips with Nick Desai
Oct 10, 2023
Ep18: From Failures to $10 Million Revenue: How Lloyed Lobo Started Boast.ai From Bootstrapping, Raised $123 in Equity And Debt
Oct 03, 2023
Ep17: From Refugee to Revolutionizing Antibiotic Resistance Detection: The Journey of How Mustafa Al-Adhami Raised $2 Million for Astek Diagnostics
Sep 26, 2023
Ep16: Quaid Walker Raises $8M From VCs & Celebrities Like Kevin Hart for Luxury Watch Marketplace
Sep 19, 2023
Ep15- Raising Capital Before the Crypto Collapse: Lessons from Courtyard.io Founder Nicolas le Jeune
Sep 12, 2023
Ep14: Closing a $3.5 Million Series A Funding: How Unit One Pivoted Their Product Strategy Amidst The Pandemic
Sep 05, 2023
Ep.13- Cultivating Hype and Attention to Raise Capital Successfully with Michael Houck
Aug 29, 2023
Ep - 12 He Raised $20 million For His Startup - Eziah Zaidi, CEO, Mend Labs
Aug 22, 2023
Ep - 11 He Raised $16 MILLION for his Startup 💰 - Nik Talreja, CEO, Sydecar
Aug 15, 2023
Ep - 10 They closed their Series A within 3 MONTHS!! - George Richardson, CEO, AeroCloud
Aug 08, 2023
Ep - 9 What is Venture-Market Fit? - Jens Neuse, Founder, WunderGraph
Aug 01, 2023
Ep - 8 Should you raise VC or bootstrap? - David Daneshgar, CEO, Whippy
Jul 25, 2023
Ep - 7 He raised $4.2 Million for his startup - Brandon Peterson, CEO, Geokey
Jul 18, 2023
Ep - 6 He raised $21 Million for his startup - Brett Martin, Co-founder, Kumospace
Jul 11, 2023
Ep - 5 He raised $2 Million using a picture of a unicorn drawn by his daughter - Martins Lasmanis, CEO, Supliful
Jul 04, 2023
Ep - 4 He raised $48 Million💰 for his estate-planning startup - Daniel Goldstein, COO, Trust & Will
Jun 27, 2023
Ep- 3 Father-Son duo raise $2.5 Million Seed Round solely through warm intros - Romil Verma, CEO, Outdefine
Jun 20, 2023
Ep-2 She raised $12 Million in Series A funding - Caitlyn Krebs, Co-founder, Nalu Bio
Jun 13, 2023
Ep-1 He raised an oversubscribed Series A of $11 Million - Jeff Beck, Co-founder, AnswersNow
Jun 13, 2023
Ep-0 Fundraising Demystified: Podcast Introduction by Jason Kirby
Jun 13, 2023