How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Andrew Parker of Papa (www.joinpapa.com), an elderly care management platform that connects college students to senior citizens - aka "grandkids on demand." Papa raised capital in Florida before going through Y Combinator. More recently the Company raised $2.4...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Steve Glenn of Plant Prefab (www.plantprefab.com) which makes custom homes that are built using off-site production in a fast, economical, and eco-friendly way. Plant Prefab raised capital from Twitter co-founder Ev William's Obvious Ventures and the Amazon Ale...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Hjalmar Nordegren, CEO of Karma.life based in Stockholm, Sweden. Karma makes an online platform that enables grocery stores, restaurants and cafes to minimize their food waste by selling their excess food to customers at a discount. The Company recently raised...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Matthew Klein, CEO of Backbone PLM (www.backboneplm.com). Backbone makes software that helps consumer goods companies manage complex design and product development processes. The Company recently raised raised $8 million of Series A2 venture funding led by Sign...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Pat Larsen, CEO of ZenLedger.io. ZenLedger makes tax and accounting software for cryptocurrency investors and CPAs. The Company recently raised $1.5 million from Vestigo Ventures and Castle Island Ventures. In this episode, Pat talks about providing "picks and...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Angela Hood, CEO of ThisWay Global, maker of a platform that uses machine learning and matching algorithms for candidate hiring. In this episode, Angela talks about selling her '67 Mustang to fund her startup, how to hustle at TechCrunch Disrupt, raising capita...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Maria Chatzou, CEO of Lifebit.ai. Lifebit is developing an intelligent genomic platform designed for biodata analysis. The Company went through Techstars then raised GBP 2.25 million of seed funding led by Connect Ventures and Pentech Ventures. Beacon Capital,...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Rand Fishkin, CEO of SparkToro. SparkToro raised $1,299,500 from 35 individual, accredited investors. Previously, Rand ran Moz, which raised $29.1 million across multiple rounds. In this episode, Rand talks about the binary nature of the venture capital model,...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jessica Chang, CEO of WeeCare, a developer of a SaaS based platform to start an in-home daycare. The company raised $4.2 million of Seed funding in a deal led by Social Capital. Wavemaker Partners, Fika Ventures, Amplify Partners, and Fuel Ventures also partici...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Sean Byrnes of Outlier.ai. Outlier makes a business intelligence platform designed to monitor business data and notify customers when unexpected changes occur. Previously, Sean founded Flurry, a mobile analytics company acquired by Yahoo for $300 million. Outli...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Phill Rosen of Even Financial, makers of an open API for financial services. The company raised $18.8 million of Series A venture funding led by GreatPoint Ventures. The Goldman Sachs Group, Canaan Partners, F-Prime Capital Partners, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Jac...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Yin Wu of DirtProtocol.com. Dirt Protocol is using blockchain technology to create a new approach to verify information. The Company raised $3 million of seed funding from Digital Currency Group, Caffeinated Capital and SV Angel on July 11, 2018. Village Global...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Ken Nguyen, CEO of Republic.co, a crowdfunding platform spun out of AngelList. in this episode, Ken talks about the market opportunity of serving un-accredited investors, raising a hybrid equity + token pre-sale for Republic, tips for a successful equity crowdf...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Ryan Boyko, CEO of Embark Vet (www.embarkvet.com). Embark Vet makes an animal DNA testing kit designed to improve dog health and wellness. Embark recently raised a seed round co-led by Founder Collective, Freestyle and ThirdKind, with support from Anne Wojcicki...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Igor Lebovic of Kindly Care, based in San Francisco. Kindly Care is a self-service management platform for hiring caregivers for senior citizens. The Company recently raised $5.4 million of Series A venture funding led by Javelin Venture Partners with participa...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Chetan Rane and Akshay Ramaswamy of Alma Campus. Alma is a college-exclusive social network that enables students to discover and connect with peers on their campus. The Company recently raised from Marissa Mayer, Norwest Venture Partners, Sergio Monsalve, Feli...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with David Fink and Jonathan Neddenriep of Postie.com. Postie makes a direct mail platform that behaves like a digital channel. The Company recently raised a seed round from Bonfire Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, and Rincon Venture Partners. In this episode, Jonathan...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Andrew Farah of Density.io, which makes door sensors designed to measure how busy a location is in real-time. Density recently raised a $12 million Series A, led by Founders Fund. Previously, the Company raised capital from Mark Suster and Upfront Ventures, Jon...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Bill Boebel of Pingboard. Pingboard makes org chart and workforce planning software. The Company has raised 3 seed rounds in Austin, Texas from a mix of high profile angel investors and VCs. In this episode, Bill talks about raising capital from other founders,...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Bobby Tinsley of Priatek. Priatek makes prize based advertising technology. The Company recently returned from a fundraising roadshow that took the team to Moscow, London, Geneva, Zurich, Lugano, and Monte Carlo (see https://youtu.be/qAdYIA6dCQI). In this episo...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Amanda Johnson and KJ Miller of Mented Cosmetics. Mented is an online cosmetic store that features a range of nude lipsticks for women with deeper skin tones. The Company recently raised $4.2M from CircleUp and others. In this episode, Amanda and KJ talk about...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Mitch Grasso of Beautiful.ai. Beautiful.ai makes an AI-powered presentation tool created for building visual documents. The Company recently raised an $11M Series B. In this episode, Mitch talks about his "ridiculously easy" funding round (and his decision whet...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Emily Best of Seed&Spark. Seed&Spark is a crowdfunding and digital distribution platform. The platform helps filmmakers and audiences join forces to fund, promote and watch new independent films, enabling filmmakers to support new film projects and audiences to...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Ryan Pawell of Indee Labs. Indee Labs is a developer of gene delivery hardware designed to unlock gene-modified cell therapy for the masses. In this episode, Ryan talks about raising money for a bio hardware business, raising money from a variety of sources --...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Yaz Shehab, CEO of Brachium.com. Brachium is a healthcare technology that provides dental care services using robotics, machine learning and digital augmentation. In this episode, Yaz talks about the challenges of raising capital for a dental robotics company,...