Explorer Session #5: Money, Money, Money
In this session, we're joined by Mark Benning, Founder and Managing Partner of Excelsior.vc, to unpack the different ways to fund a startup, whether that's bootstrapping, VC funding, grant funding, or some combination of multiple.
Mark brings a rare, full-circle view of startup funding: he founded and led four investor-backed software companies in Silicon Valley over 20 years, has raised more than $100 million in angel and venture funding for his own startups and others he's advised, and now sits on the other side of the table as an active VC through Excelsior.vc (and previously Sprout Fund). He'll share his own lived experience across the funding spectrum and offer best practices for succeeding no matter which route founders choose to take.