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 Nathan Hecht of Honcker (www.honcker.com).

Based in New York, Honcker makes a mobile app to lease cars. The Company recently raised $23.17 million of Series A venture funding from IAC. Honcker has also raised capital from Evolution Corporate Advisors and Lead Edge Capital.

In this episode, Nathan talks about the importance of having options, raising capital from strategic investors, and how he deals with anxiety during fundraising.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. this episode is with Rod Reasen, CEO of Springbuk. Sprinbuk is an online health analytics platform to forecast costs, measure performance and improve health. The Company, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, recently raised $20 million of Series B venture funding in a deal led by HealthQuest Capital and Echo Health on January 22, 2018. Lewis & Clark Ventures and Elevate Ventures.

Rod discusses the myth that raising capital is hard in the Midwest, how he ran a sales-like process, how and why he did extensive research on investors, and the detailed grading system he used to ultimately select his funding partners.

BONUS: check out the cool VC Scoring worksheet that Rod used to sort and analyze potential investors: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_FRMjZZktqfgPU3nPdyZKwjeaeOcVhv2vQMoGmgV-Pk/edit?usp=sharing

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. this episode is with Aaron McDonald of Centrality.ai, one of the leading, blockchain venture studios in the world. Centrality recently completed an Initial Coin Offering (aka "Token Sale" or "ICO") which raised over $100 million in capital, putting it in the top 10 ICOs of all time.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Zack Weiner of Overtime in New York. Overtime runs an online sports network that allows high school and amateur athletes to edit, share and record sport videos.

The Company recently raised a $9.5 million Series A venture round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Greycroft, Afore Capital, Fitz Gate Ventures, 645 Ventures, TACK Ventures, The Durant Co., Rich Kleiman, Box Group, Barrier Island Capital, Imagination Capital, Geoff Yang, Michael Spirito, Correlation Ventures, Horizons Alpha, Chaac Ventures, Ken Miller Capital, Jordan Levy and David Stern also participated in the round.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Guillermo Gette of Workast. Workast makes a Saas based slack-first task management tool designed to help teams to communicate. The Company raised a $1.85 million seed round led by Greycroft. Mucker Capital, Dream Incubator and Spider Capital Partner also participated in the round.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Andy Cook of Tettra in Boston. Tettra is a wiki enabled Slack platform to improve team productivity. The Company raised a seed round from prominent Boston angels such as Dharmesh Shah, David Cancel, Mike Volpe, Paul English, Brian Halligan and others as well as HubSpot and Boston Syndicates.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Matt Gunnin of eSports One, a data analytics platform for the emerging eSports market. The Company raised capital from Play Labs, Quake Capital, Riz Virk and Rajeev Surati, Crest Capital Ventures, XSeed Capital and Eniac Ventures.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jeff Cripe of Cargo ( www.getcargo.today). Cargo is a vending machine that sells goods from within ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. The Company has raised capital from CRCM Ventures, 1894 Capital, RiverPark Ventures, Techstars, Fontinalis Partners, Detroit Venture Partners, Rosecliff Ventures, New Ground Ventures, Ride Ventures, Bleu Capital, Gramercy Fund and Chaifetz Group.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Andrew Lockhead of Stay22, a platform that helps people search for places to stay around events and venues. The Company has raised capital from TravelPort Labs, Founder Fuel, 7 Gate Ventures and Real Ventures.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. In this interview, we chat with Jameson Toole about raising capital for Fritz.ai, a platform offers machine learning on any device, enabling developers to manage machine learning models. Jameson raised $2 million of seed funding in a deal led by Eniac Ventures, Uncork Capital, Agile Angel, Hack VC and other investors.