STARTUP FUNDRAISING 101 | SECTION 3

The pitch deck and funnel process

You’ve learned the basics of startup fundraising and early-stage deal mechanics; now it’s time to get funded. We’ll walk you through creating a compelling pitch deck step-by-step and help you build a fundraising funnel for an efficient round.

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Lesson 4: The fundraising process: Meetings, pitches, and follow-ups

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4 sections • 17 videos • 2h 10m total length

Section 1: Fundraising basics

Discover different types of pre-seed funding and the importance of product-market fit.

Course overview

6:04

Lesson 1: Bootstrapping and friends and family

9:52

Lesson 2: Finding product-market fit

3:43

Lesson 3: Angel investors

6:32

Lesson 4: Accelerators

5:13

Lesson 5: Seed funding

3:49

Section 2: Early-stage deal mechanics

Ramp up your startup fundraising by getting to know SAFEs, convertible notes, valuation caps, and dilution.

Lesson 1: When and how much to raise

11:54

Lesson 2: SAFESs, discounts, and valuation caps

11:38

Lesson 3: How dilution works

2:47

Lesson 4: Pre-money and post-money valuations

12:56

Lesson 5: Convertible notes

3:48

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Section 4: The Series A

Prepare yourself for this new level of startup fundraising as we go over converting SAFEs, term sheets, and more.

Lesson 1: Bringing on VCs, and converting SAFEs

11:55

Lesson 2: Term sheets, dilution, and pro formas

9:55

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