Funded with Alex Wittenberg

By airCFO

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Funded is a show taking you behind the scenes of the startup fundraising process.

I'm Alex Wittenberg, CEO of airCFO, and every episode I talk to people who've been through the fundraising gauntlet: founders who just closed rounds and VCs writing checks right now.

We get into the gory details that don’t make it into the press release. Founders share how they hustled their way onto VCs’ radars, how they refined their pitches, and what terms they negotiated. VCs explain what makes them take a meeting, how their firm evaluates deals, and why they say yes or pass.

If you're raising money or thinking about it, this show is for you.

New episodes every week.


Episode Date
The VC Who Invests in Cancer Care From the Inside | Ben Freeberg, Oncology Ventures
Jun 04, 2026
Community, AI, and Knowing When Not to Raise | Aileen Allen, Mercury Fund
Apr 28, 2026
The AI-Native Playbook for Raising a $3.7M Seed Round | Andy Keil, DreamBase
Mar 03, 2026
How Campfire Raised $100M+ While Doubling Revenue Six Quarters Straight | John Glasgow, Campfire
Feb 11, 2026
Why Market Size Trumps Everything In VC Deals | Jesse Robbins, Heavybit
Jan 28, 2026
Strategic Confidence in the Seed Funding Round | Henry LeGard, Verisoul
Jan 22, 2026
The Urgent Pain Point Test Every Startup Must Pass | Arun Penmetsa, Storm Ventures
Jan 22, 2026
This $55M Secret is Changing How Finance Teams Work | Ali Hussain, Tabs
Jan 22, 2026
The Secret Signal VCs Look For In First Time Founders | Eric Bahn, Hustle Fund
Jan 22, 2026
From 130 Rejections to 4M Seed Round Success | Scott Hickle, Throne
Jan 22, 2026
Insights From a Founder Who Raised $95M in Just 11 Days | Nicolas Kopp, Rillet
Jan 22, 2026
Investing in Companies You Can't Clone | Jed Katz, Javelin Venture Partners
Jan 22, 2026
Building Billion Dollar AI Businesses | Rudina Seseri, Glasswing Ventures
Jan 22, 2026
Founder Mistakes, Market Sizing, and Pitch Tips | Mark Volchek, Las Olas Venture Capital
Jan 22, 2026
How to Think About Seed Stage Investing and Fundraising | Nick Adams, Differential
Jan 22, 2026
Positioning Against ChatGPT and Fundraising Strategies | Taher Hassonjee, DocDraft
Jan 22, 2026
How To Impress On Your First Call | Kristina Chapple, 11 Tribes Ventures
Jan 21, 2026
Secrets from Subscript's Fundraise Journey | Sidarth Kakkar, Subscript
Jan 21, 2026
How to Scale to $100M ARR with a 3-Person Finance Team | Riya Grover, Sequence
Jan 20, 2026