Startup Fundraising Advice Posts

Picture this: your startup just hit $1M in annual recurring revenue. The champagne's on ice. Your team's celebrating. Your metrics are up and to the right. What do you do next?If you're like most founders, you double down. But Cathy Huang? She loo…

"Jesse, I absolutely hate to say this, especially on YouTube, but we've left the 50k checks on the table. So we don't allow any investments under 100k."With these words, Mike Burton, founder of smart bike lock company Lockstop, did something rar…

Last week we all stopped doomscrolling for a few moments to watch the season 12 finale of The Pitch 🎉 and found out what what it's really like to raise money for your startup. The hot takes have started to roll in. Here's the latest:The startup wo…

The season 12 finale of The Pitch dropped this week 🎉 Fans are loving the episode on YouTube but there's a lot we can glean by digging deeper into each founder's story. There was one idea in particular that had The Pitch team rethinking some of our …

When Capella Kerst pitched geCKo Materials to a panel of prominent VCs, she was fighting food poisoning. Yet she nailed it - delivering a compelling story about revolutionary adhesive technology that's currently being used on the International Space…

Today we published the long-awaited season 12 finale of The Pitch 🎉 The episode documented the realities of fundraising as told by 14 startup founders who successfully (or unsuccessfully) raised funding for their startup.Summer 2024 brought an…

Building a startup is a thrilling adventure: you've got the passion, the ideas, and are geared up to make your mark on the world. The challenge? Lighting that same fire in others and getting them just as excited about your brainchild.As an entrepr…

This is part ten of "The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide for Startups," a fundraising guide made in partnership with DECKO, a leading pitch deck development company that’s helped ~180 startups raise over $100M from investors.___________…

This is part nine of "The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide for Startups," a fundraising guide made in partnership with DECKO, a leading pitch deck development company that’s helped ~180 startups raise over $100M from investors.___________…

This is part eight of "The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide for Startups," a fundraising guide made in partnership with DECKO, a leading pitch deck development company that’s helped ~180 startups raise over $100M from investors.__________…

This is part seven of "The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide for Startups," a fundraising guide made in partnership with DECKO, a leading pitch deck development company that’s helped ~180 startups raise over $100M from investors.____________________…

This is part six of "The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide for Startups," a fundraising guide made in partnership with DECKO, a leading pitch deck development company that’s helped ~180 startups raise over $100M from investors.____________________…

This is part five of "The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide for Startups," a fundraising guide made in partnership with DECKO, a leading pitch deck development company that’s helped ~180 startups raise over $100M from investors.____________________…

This is part four of "The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide for Startups," a fundraising guide made in partnership with DECKO, a leading pitch deck development company that’s helped ~180 startups raise over $100M from investors.____________________…

This is part three of "The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide for Startups," a fundraising guide made in partnership with DECKO, a leading pitch deck development company that’s helped ~180 startups raise over $100M from investors.____________________…

This is part two of "The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide for Startups," a fundraising guide made in partnership with DECKO, a leading pitch deck development company that’s helped ~180 startups raise over $100M from investors.____________________…

This is part one of "The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide for Startups," a fundraising guide made in partnership with DECKO, a leading pitch deck development company that’s helped ~180 startups raise over $100M from investors.____________________…

It might feel like a punch in the gut when you find yourself at the receiving end of a 'no' from Y Combinator. After all, you've poured your heart and soul into this world-changing idea of yours. But remember. rejection from YC isn't a comment on yo…