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

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jessica Chang, CEO of WeeCare, a developer of a SaaS based platform to start an in-home daycare.

The company raised $4.2 million of Seed funding in a deal led by Social Capital. Wavemaker Partners, Fika Ventures, Amplify Partners, and Fuel Ventures also participated in the round.

In this episode, Jessica talks about the emerging SoCal startup scene, aka "Silicon Beach"; picking solid pre-seed investors, what to do when a competitor is raising capital at the same time, fundraising tips from her investment banker days, and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Sean Byrnes of Outlier.ai. Outlier makes a business intelligence platform designed to monitor business data and notify customers when unexpected changes occur. Previously, Sean founded Flurry, a mobile analytics company acquired by Yahoo for $300 million.

Outlier recently raised $6.4 million of Series A venture funding led by Ridge Ventures. First Round Capital, Homebrew, Susa Ventures, 11.2 Capital and SV Angel also participated in the round.

In this wide-ranging interview, Sean talks about VC fund lifecycles, how the fundraising "process" has changed since his Flurry days, balancing the distraction of fundraising vs. the need for more capital, how he used the VC process as customer development, deal terms to watch out for, how to get the most out of board meetings and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Phill Rosen of Even Financial, makers of an open API for financial services.

The company raised $18.8 million of Series A venture funding led by GreatPoint Ventures. The Goldman Sachs Group, Canaan Partners, F-Prime Capital Partners, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Jacob Gibson, Jason Owen, American Express Ventures, Arab Angels, Plug and Play Ventures and Valuestream Ventures also participated in the round.

In this episode, Phill discusses the unique dynamics of raising capital for a B2B financial services company operating in a highly-regulated industry, how to raise from large strategic investors / customers, when to use a convertible note vs. doing a priced round, tips for building a data room, and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Yin Wu of DirtProtocol.com. Dirt Protocol is using blockchain technology to create a new approach to verify information.

The Company raised $3 million of seed funding from Digital Currency Group, Caffeinated Capital and SV Angel on July 11, 2018. Village Global, ZhenFund, General Catalyst, Greylock Partners, Hustle Fund, INBlockchain, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Avichal Garg, Liquid 2 Ventures, Danhua Capital, Vy Capital, Divergence Digital Currency Fund and Pantera Capital also participated in the round along with 11 angel investors, including Elad Gil and Othman Laraki.

In this episode, Yin talks about curating trust in the crypto and ICO space, identifying the top blockchain investors, stacking investor conversations in an optimal way, how to get an investor's "greed to overcome their fear" when pitching a new market, and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Ken Nguyen, CEO of Republic.co, a crowdfunding platform spun out of AngelList.

in this episode, Ken talks about the market opportunity of serving un-accredited investors, raising a hybrid equity + token pre-sale for Republic, tips for a successful equity crowdfunding campaign, the changing dynamics of raising capital, and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Ryan Boyko, CEO of Embark Vet (www.embarkvet.com).

Embark Vet makes an animal DNA testing kit designed to improve dog health and wellness. Embark recently raised a seed round co-led by Founder Collective, Freestyle and ThirdKind, with support from Anne Wojcicki, Bill Maris, Slow Ventures, SV Angel and others.

In this episode, Ryan talks about how he built a target investor list by researching other companies, how raising capital is like speed dating, how to keep investors interested and "hungry," how he landed strategic angels like Anne Wojcicki (co-founder of 23andMe) and Bill Maris (founder of Google Ventures) and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Igor Lebovic of Kindly Care, based in San Francisco.

Kindly Care is a self-service management platform for hiring caregivers for senior citizens. The Company recently raised $5.4 million of Series A venture funding led by Javelin Venture Partners with participation by MHS Capital and Jackson Square Ventures.

In this episode, Igor talks about venture capital as a "reputation business", how to prepare in advance for a round (e.g. setting up a data room, soft-signaling, etc.), the difference between raising Seed vs. Series A, and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Chetan Rane and Akshay Ramaswamy of Alma Campus.

Alma is a college-exclusive social network that enables students to discover and connect with peers on their campus. The Company recently raised from Marissa Mayer, Norwest Venture Partners, Sergio Monsalve, Felicis Ventures, and others. The Company has also raised capital from Lightspeed Ventures, Index Ventures, Pear Startup Garage, Cardinal Ventures.

In this episode, Akshay and Chetan talk about building a startup while in college, growth hacks and getting early adopters, choosing investors on an oversubscribed round, and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with David Fink and Jonathan Neddenriep of Postie.com.

Postie makes a direct mail platform that behaves like a digital channel. The Company recently raised a seed round from Bonfire Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, and Rincon Venture Partners.

In this episode, Jonathan and David talk about direct mail as a marketing channel, pitching their KPIs and metrics, understanding the operational background of the investors you're meeting, using fundraising as a learning process, controlling the narrative, and much more.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Andrew Farah of Density.io, which makes door sensors designed to measure how busy a location is in real-time.

Density recently raised a $12 million Series A, led by Founders Fund. Previously, the Company raised capital from Mark Suster and Upfront Ventures, Jonathon Triest of Ludlow Ventures, Jason Calacanis and others.

In this episode, Andrew discusses what he pitched at each round (e.g. "product validation" vs. "progress milestones" vs. "owning the market"), staging investor meetings, running a process, tips for pitching celebrity investors, and much more.