Investor Discover Team12 minFundraising
How to Raise a Series A: What Changes from Seed
A Series A is not a bigger seed round. The process, the investors, and what they need to see are fundamentally different. Here is how to prepare.
Read articlePublication
Read our latest publications - guides, regional lists, and fundraising notes. New articles below.
- Investor Discover Team8 minOperations
The Investor Update: How to Write One That Builds Trust
Monthly investor updates are one of the highest-leverage things a founder can do. Most founders either skip them or write them badly. Here is the format that works.
Read article - Investor Discover Team10 minFundraising
How to Handle a Down Round: What Founders Need to Know
Down rounds are more common than people admit and less fatal than founders fear. Here is how they work, what they cost, and how to navigate one without losing your company.
Read article - Investor Discover Team10 minFundraising
How to Close a Funding Round: From Term Sheet to Wire
Getting a term sheet is not the finish line. The final steps from signed term sheet to money in the bank take 4-8 weeks and require more from founders than most expect.
Read article - Investor Discover Team9 minFundraising
How to Do Reverse Due Diligence on Investors
Most founders vet products and hires more carefully than they vet investors. Here is how to research a VC before you take their money - and the questions that reveal who they really are.
Read article - Investor Discover Team10 minOperations
The Founder's Guide to Managing Your Board After the First Investment
Most founders are not prepared for what having investors on their board actually means. Here is how to run board meetings well and build relationships that help rather than hinder.
Read article - Investor Discover Team11 minFundraising
How to Find Angel Investors for Your Startup
Angels fund more companies than VCs and move faster. Here is where to find them, how to approach them, and what they actually want to see.
Read article - Investor Discover Team10 minFundraising
What Is a Post-Money SAFE? A Founder's Guide to YC's Standard Documents
The post-money SAFE is the default early-stage instrument in the US. Most founders use it without fully understanding how it works. Here is a plain-language explanation.
Read article - Investor Discover Team9 minFundraising
How to Value Your Startup Before You Have Revenue
Pre-revenue valuations are not guesswork - they follow a logic that founders who understand it can use to their advantage at the negotiating table.
Read article - Investor Discover Team12 minFundraising
How to Write a Pitch Deck That Gets Meetings
A pitch deck does not need to close investors - it needs to get you in the room. Here is what the best decks have in common and the mistakes that get yours deleted.
Read article - Investor Discover Team11 minFundraising
How to Build a Data Room Investors Actually Want to See
Most data rooms are a mess of random files and outdated decks. Here is how to build one that accelerates due diligence and signals you are a serious operator.
Read article - Investor Discover Team13 minFundraising
How to Negotiate a Term Sheet: The Clauses That Matter Most
Most founders focus on valuation and miss the terms that actually affect their outcome. Here is what to read carefully - and what to push back on.
Read article - Investor Discover Team9 minFundraising
The Seed Fundraising Checklist: What to Prepare Before You Start
Founders who raise quickly are not lucky - they are prepared. This is the complete checklist of what to have ready before your first investor meeting.
Read article - Investor Discover Team10 minFundraising
The Cold Outreach Playbook: How to Get a Response from VCs
Most cold emails to investors get ignored - not because the company is bad, but because the email is. Here is what actually works.
Read article - Investor Discover Team11 minFundraising
How to Build a Fundraising CRM: Track Every Investor, Intro, and Follow-Up
Most founders lose deals not because investors said no - but because they lost track. A simple CRM built for fundraising changes that.
Read article - Investor Discover Team12 minFundraising
The Founder's Guide to Valuation: How to Justify Your Number to Investors
Picking a valuation out of thin air is one of the fastest ways to lose credibility in a fundraise. Here is how to build a number you can defend.
Read article - Investor Discover Team11 minFundraising
What Investors Actually Look For in a Seed-Stage Deck (And What Kills Deals)
Most decks fail not because the business is bad - but because they answer the wrong questions. Here is what seed investors actually need to see.
Read article - Investor Discover Team10 minFundraising
Why Most Founders Target the Wrong Investors (And How to Fix It)
Sending decks to every VC you can find is not a strategy - it is a fast way to burn your reputation. Here is how to build a list that actually converts.
Read article - Investor Discover Team10 minSEO
Programmatic SEO for investor directories (without thin pages)
How to build useful, crawlable pages that help founders-not spam the index.
Read article
Next step: shortlist investors
Segment the dataset by investment stage, investment interest, and location, then access verified contacts and exports on subscription.