Seed fundraising secrets

​​Raising your first round? It doesn't have to take 6 months of grinding.

​​I raised $2.5M in two weeks for my YC startup -- and I'll spill the exact secret sauce YC teaches on fundraising.

🔁 Back by popular demand: Last session got a ton of interest, so we're running it again with updated playbooks.

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This session is for you if:

• ​​You're not sure if VC is even right for your startup

• ​​You want to raise pre-seed/seed rounds

• ​​You've been fundraising for months with no traction

• ​​You want to understand how YC-backed founders approach this

​​What I'll cover:

• ​​Should you raise VC at all? (hint: not everyone should)

• ​​When to start and how to build momentum

• ​​What actually goes in the pitch deck

• ​​How to talk to VCs

• ​​Follow-up systems that keep deals alive

• ​​Post-close: how to actually work with investors

• ​​Bonus: what it takes to get into YC

​​We'll cover the common traps that kill rounds, how to run your investor pipeline, and what changes after you close (hint: the work's not over).

​​This is tactical, real-talk advice from my own raise. Come with questions.

About me:

• ​8 years at Google, where I built G-Pay features that handle $1T in transactions today

• ​Led a team of 45 engineers at YouTube handling $17B in annual revenue.

• ​Avid creator/mentor: Mentored hundreds 1:1 and 100k+ followers on content across Linkedin etc..

• ​Founder & angel investor: YC X25, invested in 12+ YC companies -- been on both sides of the fundraising table

• ​Fun fact: been honked at by a Waymo