​🗓️ Join us on December 9th!

​Chiefs of Staff are often the engine behind a successful raise, but few get a playbook for it. Drawing on helping lead $15M in fundraising from seed through Series A as a Chief of Staff at a defense technology start-up, and raising a seed round as a founder right now, Hayley will walk through how to run a fundraise from the CoS seat.

​You’ll learn how to build the pipeline, prepare materials, manage investor follow-up and keep momentum through close. The second half is shaped by your questions, so you leave with answers to the challenges you’re actually facing.

​💡 What will attendees leave with?

• ​A simple system for running a fundraise pipeline: targeting, tracking, follow-ups and next steps

• ​What investors expect at each stage (deck, data room, diligence) and how the CoS keeps it organized

• ​Practical ways to support your CEO: prepping for meetings, writing updates and keeping the round moving to close

​🎯 Who is this session for?

​Chiefs of Staff and operators at early-stage startups (pre-seed through Series A/B). Anyone is welcome, whether you've supported, are supporting, or will support a future round, or you're just curious about learning more about the fundraising process.

​✅ How should participants show up?

​No prep needed. Bring your questions and any fundraising challenges you’re working through. We’ll spend about half the session on live Q&A.

​🎙️ More About the Speaker

​Hayley Kleciak is Co-Founder and CEO of Anywhere Intelligence, where she’s building a different future for AI. Before co-founding Anywhere Intelligence, she was Chief of Staff at a defense tech startup, where she joined as the third hire, helped lead $15M in fundraising from seed through Series A, scaled the team to 35, and helped grow revenue from $0 to $10.5M+. She has spent 15 years working in regulated environments across healthcare and defense and has supported 10+ deep tech startups as a fractional operator on operations, finance, governance, and government contracting.

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