A Fundraising Survival Guide
Graham on the emotional reality of raising: why fundraising is demoralizing by design, why investors herd and stall, and how to keep morale and the company alive through the process. Written mid-financial-crisis.
The Non-Obvious Guide to Fundraising
A 4x founder turned VC lays out what actually drives fundraising outcomes beneath the standard advice: psychology, sequencing, the 'ladder of proof', and how VCs really talk about deals internally.
What I Wish I Knew About Fundraising as a First-Time Founder
A former a16z partner turned founder describes how different fundraising looks from the founder's chair: what she got wrong despite knowing the investor side, and the gap between VC theory and founder practice.
The Anti-Portfolio: Honoring the companies we missed
Bessemer's famous public list of the legendary companies it passed on, with self-deprecating explanations ('friend rented her garage to Google's founders; David asked how he could leave the house without going near it').
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.
A Seed Round Manual for Founders: Strategies, Pitch Prep, Valuation, Traps, Tips and More
A founder who raised $1.5M+ across UK and US investors documents the whole process as a manual: what worked, the traps she fell into, and differences between London and Valley investor behavior.