Founders

What’s a question you have about fundraising?

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Why did the team decide to do the last raise if you haven’t used much of the funds from the last raise?

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It depends.

Difficulty of raising at early stage is a function of (in order):

1. Team
2. Market
3. Product / problem you’re solving

How much easier or harder is it to raise in web3 versus web2? (Pre-seed) and what should one prioritize? Have heard many different answers to this so curious 👀

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Generally start with:

1. How much you want to raise (18 months + buffer)

2. How much dilution you’re willing to take (a lot of entrepreneurs over optimize on this)

3. Valuation comes out of that

How much do you consider valuation when raising? Obviously you guys got a great val in the end but how much did that factor in to your decision to go with certain investors over others?

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1. What problem are you solving?

2. How do you get your product in front of those people?

What are the main bullet points you focus on when presenting your project for fundraising?

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A lot of dedicated capital (ie not fungible for AI or generic SaaS) and relatively few teams (compared to the other sectors)

why do many crypto projects with 10 people raise so much?

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How does one put the "fun" in fundraising?

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Plenty of VCs on Farcaster! They’ll reach out if you have visible traction and it’s interesting to them.

If we are developing a product for Farcaster and reach certain metrics, which VC is best to approach for seed funding?

For startup projects

What are the most effective ways for early-stage startups to secure funding in a competitive market?

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For you, what are the most effective fundraising strategies?

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No. You typically have a lead investor, negotiate the terms of the round, and then everyone else participates on those terms.

When I heard about X project getting investment from multiple ventures, I wondered how this actually works. Do all these ventures come together on a Zoom meeting to discuss valuation and other details?

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Apps monetize attention.

Free with ads
Subscriptions
Referrals

What revenue models are promising if building a local / social utility app and founders don't want to do a token round? How crucial is a concrete revenue model at early stages of the company?

I’m a builder looking for the next challenge. 

Generally in favor of a working product with users before fundraising (assuming that’s feasible). Much harder to raise pre product if you don’t have existing relationships.

1. At what stage to rise the funds?

2. Is it possible to rise funds as solo founder (to build a team)?

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If you don’t know anyone, best way is to have a working product with users. Still incredibly difficult to connect via a cold email, but working product is helpful.

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Depends on the investor, but most good investors are more focused on the company building something of lasting value (despite popular narrative on crypto twitter). So 5+ years, maybe even closer to 10.

apart from having shares in a company. At what point in the process do investors expect to get their money back by investing in a company?

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what's the minimum design choice you have to commit to enterprise value?

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Nothing in the near term. But could be some opportunities in the medium term for skating to where the puck is going with FDA, NRC, fintech

In light of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo—overruling Chevron deference—what has changed?

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Time preference increases on the margin since you have other people involved.

How does the product you’re building / environment you’re building in shift post fundraising?

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What would be your approach to raise funds for a first timer project

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how often potential investors collude behind the curtains?