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

Produced by Foundersuite (https://foundersuite.com/), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Domm Holland of Fast.co, a startup that provides a one-click checkout experience for the entire internet. In this episode, Domm talks about how to build a network in Silicon Valley as an outsider, how he met his co-founder Allison Barr A...

Produced by Foundersuite (https://foundersuite.com/), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Pree Walia of Preemadonna, makers of the Nailbot.com, an at-home robotic manicure machine. In this episode, Pree talks about the challenges of raising capital for a hardware startup, her experience with the HAX Accelerator and TechCrunch...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Greg Castle of Anorak.vc a seed-stage venture fund that invests in robotics, AI, virtual reality, computer vision, and other industries. In this episode, Greg talks about how he became a venture capitalist, including how he got started angel investing in compan...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Andrew Butt of Enable.com, a cloud-based SaaS solution for B2B rebate management. In this episode, Andrew talks about why he decided to move to Silicon Valley from the UK, tips for running a streamlined fundraising process, why time is the killer of deals, how...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Nico Barawid of Casai.com, a startup that offers boutique, tech-enabled travel apartments in Mexico. In this episode, Nico talks about how to articulate a compelling vision that is "ambitious to the point of crazy," A16Z's services model and how it differentiat...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jack Mardack of OysterHR.com, an HR platform for distributed workforces. In this episode, Jack talks about remote workforce trends and how that has changed during the pandemic, becoming a B Corp, the importance of "alignment of ambition" with VCs, how to projec...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Keith Richman of Boosted Commerce (https://boostedcommerce.com) a company that is acquiring successful businesses that run on Amazon and Shopify. In this episode, Keith talks about what they look for when acquiring a startup, how they add value to these compani...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Eric Wu of Gainful.com, a startup delivering personalized nutrition such as protein powders and hydration products to your doorstep. In this episode, Eric talks about the importance of being at the intersection of major macro trends, treating VC meetings like "...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Kevin Bennett of MotoRefi.com, a startup that helps you refinance your automobile loan. In this episode, Kevin talks about the Washington DC startup scene, how "execution IS fundraising," why founders should use the fundraising process as a way to get feedback...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Christine Tao of Sounding Board, an online platform that is democratizing coaching for emerging business leaders (https://www.soundingboardinc.com/). In this episode, Christine shares how she raised capital as a female, non-technical co-founder, how coaching is...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Isabelle Kenyon of metabolic weight management platform Calibrate (https://www.joincalibrate.com/). In this episode, Isabelle talks about resilience and handling no's, learning from each meeting, how to use webinars to manage due diligence, how to set a timelin...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Adam Cohen-Aslatai of S’More (www.smoredate.com), a dating app that’s focused on helping users find more meaningful relationships In this episode, Adam talks about finding out what is unique about YOU (and pitching that to investors), how to reach out and conne...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Bradley Davis of www. Podchaser.com, a site that curates podcasts, ratings & reviews, guest appearances, lists, and more In this episode, Bradley talks about how he posted the idea and found his co-founders (including the Company's CTO) on Reddit, how he raised...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Tamara Steffens of M12.vc, which is the venture capital arm of Microsoft. In this episode, Tamara talks about some of the advantages of taking corporate venture capital (as compared to "traditional" VC), what M12 and Microsoft is looking to invest in, tips for...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Maury Blackman of Premise.com, a data collections and insights platform. In this episode, Maury talks about how he raised $85 million completely virtually, how he uses the first 5-10 minutes of a pitch to establish rapport with investors, the equipment he set u...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Kristin Langenfeld of Good Buy Gear (www.goodbuygear.com) a company that resells used baby and kids gear online. In this episode, Kristin talks about knowing your metrics (and which metrics in particular she focused on during the Series A), the importance of es...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Nick Donahue of Atmos (www.buildatmos.com) a startup changing how home building is done by offering customers the ability to custom-design homes online. In this episode, Nick talks about how he built a rent calculator widget that went viral, how he got to know...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Guy Elitzur of VerticalField.com, a leading ag-tech company that develops vertical growing systems for smart cities. In this episode, Guy talks about his vision for covering the world's buildings with hanging plants to feed the world, how he raised $20 million...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Zuleyka Strasner of ZeroGrocery.com which offers a grocery delivery platform that provides shoppers with a convenient and plastic-free delivery service. In this episode, Zuleyka talks about how she started the business and validated the market with $2,500 from...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Michael Bloch of Pillar Life (www.pillarlife.com), an online platform to store, organize, and share information with your family. In this episode, Michael talks about how he used cold emails and persistence to land his first angel investors, how he got Kleiner...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Brian Vallelunga of Doppler.com a platform for managing environment variables (e.g. API keys) for developers. In this episode, Brian talks about raising a pre-seed round from Kleiner while he was still working at Uber, applying to Y Combinator for the 6th or 7t...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jonathan Siddharth of Turing.com, a platform to hire the world's best remote engineers. In this episode, Jonathan talks about how he's building the "talent cloud" of 180k global engineers, his journey from EIR at Foundation Capital to startup founder, running a...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Matt Gillis of Clean.io which makes security technology that prevents "malvertising" threats. In this episode, Matt talks about what "malvertising" is, how raising capital is an emotional process, what he did differently to raise money during COVID19, how to le...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jack Conte of Patreon.com, a platform that allows creators to monetize their work through a direct relationship with their fans. In this episode, Jack talks about how and why he came up with the idea for Patreon, how he turned rejections into tips for improving...

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Milana Lewis of Stem.is, a platform that helps musicians distribute their music, automate splits, and get paid. In this episode, Milana talks about how she informally socialized her deal with investors (but ran a process), what discovery questions to ask prospe...