Tovala founder David Rabie recounts the moment his Series B fell apart, what it felt like, how the company survived, and how they eventually got funded anyway.
A concrete, named, firsthand account of a round collapsing late — the scenario founders fear most and almost nobody discusses on the record.
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A founder who failed 22 times before building a $2.5B company tells My First Million the full arc, including the fundraising dead-ends, near-bankruptcies, and the raise that finally worked.
SaaStr session on six things no one tells you about raising a seed round: the emotional arc, ghosting, party-round pitfalls, and closing dynamics.
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Canva co-founder Melanie Perkins recounts pitching for three years and being rejected by more than 100 investors before closing Canva's first round, including how she reworked the pitch around each objection. She details the kitesurfing-with-investors period in Silicon Valley and how rejection shaped the company's strategy.