27 min
Raising First Funding Round | Pepe Agell (Pear VC)
Pear VC's Pepe Agell at Slush on raising your first round: readiness signals, meeting dynamics, and how Pear decides on pre-seed companies.
Raise readinessInvestor meetingsPre-seed
What this teaches
sennder co-founder David Nothacker walks through his company's first fundraise at Slush's founder school: what worked in the process, mistakes made, and how they picked investors.
Why it matters
Practical first-raise retrospective from a founder who went on to build a European logistics unicorn.
Key lessons
- Your first raise sets investor expectations for every later one
- Choose early investors for the second check, not the first
This video was created by Slush and features David Nothacker. We summarize and link with attribution; all rights belong to the creator.
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