Fundraising in 2026: What Seed & Series A Investors Actually Want to See
A live conversation for B2B SaaS founders preparing for their next round — with candid input from the investors who will decide it.
About this event
The fundraising market in 2026 looks nothing like 2021. The metrics that got founders to term sheets three years ago are table stakes now — and in some cases, no longer enough. What investors are actually optimizing for has shifted: efficiency over growth at all costs, AI leverage over headcount, and operator-grade control over charisma.
The founders who close rounds quickly right now aren't necessarily the ones with the best product. They're the ones who walk in with a story that's tight, metrics that are honest, and a clear answer to the question every investor is actually asking: do you understand your own business well enough to allocate our capital wisely?
Yannick is joined by a special guest — a Seed or Series A investor currently deploying capital into B2B SaaS and AI, with a candid perspective on what's working and what isn't in founder pitches right now. Guest details will be confirmed shortly.
We'll cover:
What Seed and Series A investors are actually underwriting in 2026 — and what's changed since 2021
The metrics, narrative, and founder behaviors that make investors move fast versus slow-walk a process
What a strong capital story looks like right now — and the most common ways founders undermine their own
How to handle the questions you don't have perfect answers to without losing the room
Then we open the floor. Bring your fundraising situation — the Q&A is live and unfiltered.
Format: 25-min conversation + 15-min live Q&A
Who this is for: B2B SaaS and applied AI founders preparing for a Seed or Series A raise — and operators and angels who support them through it.
Your Host
Yannick Kpodar is a 2x VP/CMO turned General Partner at Aventra Capital and founder of Full Stack CEO™. Over 15+ years, he's helped B2B SaaS teams raise $396M+, reach unicorn valuation, and scale from single-digit ARR to $45M+ across the US and Europe — at companies including LinkedIn, PayFit, and Amenitiz. He now underwrites B2B SaaS and AI founders at Aventra Capital, which means he evaluates the same decks, metrics, and founder behaviors your investors are evaluating — every week.
About Full Stack CEO™
Full Stack CEO™ is the operating system for B2B SaaS & AI founders from first revenue to $25M ARR — GTM, metrics, capital, and leadership built for the age of AI. The community, Labs, and advisory are built around one idea: that the founders who win are the ones who can read the whole system, not just the function they grew up in.
Members get direct access to a room of serious peers, weekly working sessions with Yannick, and live AMAs with the operators, exited founders, and VCs behind the program.