Raising Series A With Metal
How to Raise Your Series A with Metal
Of all seed-funded startups, only 17% make it to Series A. Of all companies that try to raise Series A, about 20% end up successfully raising the round.
In this session, Metal's Founder/CEO (Usman Gul) talks about key lessons from his experience of raising $120m for his first startup, and how founders today use Metal to raise Series A. Metal is fundamentally changing the way founders raise Series A rounds. This session goes into the tactical details:
Core Workflows — How do founders use data and intelligence to discover the "most likely" investors, surface optimal intro paths, and build calendar density to create optionality?
Narrative Iterations — How are founders iterating their way to success with Series A rounds, especially on using investor calls systematically to iterate on the narrative?
Metal in Action — A live walkthrough of how founders use Metal to bring efficiency and precision to the end-to-end raise process.
We will have time for Q&A at the end for founders who want an honest, unfiltered read on where they stand.
Speaker: Usman Gul — Founder & CEO of Metal. Gul raised $120M for his first startup (including from First Round Capital). He then built Metal as the platform he wished had existed when he was raising VC himself.
Background: Backed by a16z and YCombinator, Metal is an AI-powered operating system for founders raising venture rounds.