How I raised a $5.1M seed as a first-time, female, solo founder for a biotech moonshot
Halioua details exactly how she raised $5.1M pre-product for a dog-longevity biotech as a solo, first-time, female founder: building the narrative for a moonshot, sequencing investors, and handling deep-tech skepticism.
Ban Warm Introductions!
Johnson's much-debated argument that the warm-intro requirement is not just exclusionary but bad investing: it selects for network proximity over merit, and firms serious about returns should build open top-of-funnel instead.
I Know Everybody Told You to Send Your Fund-Raising Decks as a Link. Here's Why You Should Just Send the Deck
Suster argues against DocSend-style gated links from the receiving end: friction kills investor attention, deck-tracking paranoia is misplaced, and your deck's job is to travel inside the partnership without you.
How I Raised My $11.5M VC Fund
Yin documents raising Hustle Fund I with funnel numbers: hundreds of LP conversations, conversion rates, and tactics. Fundraising for a fund mirrors a startup raise, and she shows the whole pipeline including the rejections.
Introducing Raise Millions
Launch post for Raise Millions, Hustle Fund's free book-length compilation of tactical fundraising guidance drawn from thousands of pre-seed pitches; the post links the full free resource.
Founder Toolkit: How to raise your seed round from top VCs & Angels
A repeat founder and angel condenses his raising experience into a toolkit: list-building, sequencing angels and funds, materials, and close mechanics, with templates.
Fundraising 101: I'm currently in NY! *Buys Flight to NY*
A young founder's candid, funny account of the performative side of fundraising: manufacturing 'I happen to be in town' moments, reading investor signals, and the theater everyone pretends isn't happening.