How to Fundraise from Silicon Valley

The fundraising materials that led to our $4.5M Seed round from True Ventures

Founders, VCs, angels:
Our fundraising materials for raising $4.5M in San Francisco as Silicon Valley outsiders.

What it took?
85 ‘NO’s and a physical breakdown.

The steps?

Prep

1. Read books, start with

   1. Venture Deals (the Bible)

   2. Fundraising(short and sweet)

   3. Angel (very fun to read)

2. Meet founders

3. Prep materials

4. Get angels

5. Get VCs

The VC bits

1. Create an investor list

2. Get warm intros

3. Pitch deck is used to get a 1st meeting

4. NEVER show the pitch deck in the first meeting

5. 1st meeting is to get a 2nd meeting

6. Follow-up with the f*cking best materials

7. Receive a term sheet or get a ‘NO’ ASAP

Unfiltered, 1-hour lecture

Other materials:

1. PPT presentation from video

2. Team-GPT Data Room - Seed

3. How to raise $5M-$15M from Silicon Valley? Learnings from a conversation with a VC from Sequoia Capital

4. How Team-GPT raised $4.5M- A True story - 100% real story about our fundraising. Journalled as it was happening