How to prepare for a VC funding round? How to choose the right investor and catch their attention? How to close the deal? This episode is Sharetribe’s CEO Juho’s complete guide to raising venture capital for your marketplace.

Article available at:
Marketplace funding: How to bootstrap your marketplace. Juho Makkonen, Marketplace Academy 

Sources and further reading:

A Guide to Marketplaces: Third Edition. Angela Tran, Max Webster, and Bors Wertz, Version One Ventures

All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces. Bill Gurly, Above the Crowd

The Marketplace Funding Napkin 2018 🚀. Julia Morrongiello 

“Make your marketplace unit economics work,” says Fabrice Grinda. Mira Muurinen, Marketplace Academy

How Much Money To Raise. Fred Wilson, AVC

The top 40 + 10 marketplace investors and VC firms. Sjoerd Handgraaf, Marketplace Academy. 

Venture Deals. Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson, Whiley

The Backstage. A video series where we sit down to chat with leading marketplace experts, founders, and investors. Marketplace Academy.

Blogs to follow:

AVC by Fred Wilson

Fled Thoughts by Brad Feld

Both Sides of the Table by Mark Suster

Venture capital funds mentioned:

Version One Ventures

NFX

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