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Danny Done, CEO at GoBekli explains how his approach to fundraising changed in the post-COVID world and how he interacts with investors now. He also talks about methods that work for him now and those that clearly don't. For everyone who is trying to raise money now - this is for you:)

Danny's linkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielarthurdone/

GoBekli: gobekli.io

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Sunny Kumar, Partner at GSR Ventures talks about the healthtech field. How can founders overcome multiple regulation barriers and get through the capital-intense field? How should they get in touch with the right people in healthtech space if they don't have the right network?

Sunny's choice of newsletters that he recommends Fundraising Radio's listeners to follow (I like those too!) - 

StrictlyVC (VC)

Axios Pro Rata (VC)

CB Insights Newsletter (VC/Health/Fintech)

Fortune Brainstorm + Emerging Tech Newsletter (Health)

Rock Health Newsletter (Health / VC)

Seeking Alpha Morning Newsletter (General)

Morning Brew + Emerging Tech Newsletters (General / Tech / VC)

Accelerated (VC / Tech)

Sunny's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunnykumar1/

GSR Ventures: https://www.gsrventures.com/

Igor Belagorudsky, serial entrepreneur with several exits, currently an angel investor, mentor and president at FastCTO, talks about his previous experiences of starting companies, failing and winning. We talked about his major takeaways from that experience and the major mistakes he made in the past. We also talked about the major achievements, so this episode isn't too dark:)

FastCTO: https://www.fastcto.com/

Igor's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorbelagorudsky/

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Daniel Kravtsov, previously co-founder and CEO at RTBmedia that exited in 2016 and currently co-founder and CEO at Improvado talks about his approach to fundraising and why he decided to raise from so many investors. We also talk about major pros and cons of that approach and about ways to manage that process. Speaking of management, below are the tools that will help you manage your leads, investors and clients: 

Streak - CRM: https://www.streak.com/

Quip - alternative to Notion to keep all records: https://quip.com/

Improvado -Daniel's current startup: https://improvado.io/

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Anya Cheng, who worked as Product Head | Facebook, eBay, Target | eCommerce, Growth and others talks about how big corporations chose partners and how a small startup can partner with smaller teams at large corporations. We also talk about best ways of getting in touch with those and getting the deal closed eventually.

Anya's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anyacheng/

Anya's Book: https://magazine.medill.northwestern.edu/2020/if-you-cant-make-your-dream-come-true-then-build-one/

Episode about startup selling merch to big firms: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/Artem-Mashkov/

Gail Christine Gannon, Managing director at WaveEdge Capital, mentor to startups at US Market Access Center and an angel investors talks about her experience traveling the world to help founders in other countries. In this episode we talk a lot about the resources that the US provides to the entrepreneurs and how founders can use those.

Email Gail: [email protected] 

Gail's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gailgannon/

WaveEdge Capital: http://waveedgecap.com/

Episode on government support (tons of resources there) - https://www.fundraisingradio.com/Miki-Reynolds/

Ellen Chang, director at BMNT and partner at Syndicate 708 talks about working with the DoD as a startup, she explained how a startup can get funding from the Department of Defence, what are the major problems of working with it and much more. We've also covered the major challenges for deep tech startup founders. Resources mentioned in the episode: 

DEF: https://www.def.org/

Reza Sabahi, Managing Director at Wells Fargo Capital Finance explains how traditional banking works. What do you need to have in order to get a loan from a bank for your startup? How do bankers evaluate startups and what are the decisive factors? All in this episode.

Reza's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reza-sabahi-a695364/

Wells Fargo Capital Finance: https://wellsfargocapitalfinance.com/

Alternative sources of capital for startups: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/category/alternative-sources-of-capital/

Pelli Wang, managing partner at DeerCreek talks about fundraising through crypto currency issues. Are ICOs still alive? Who should raise through crypto currency and what are the major downsides of this process? We've also discussed STOs and more.

List of events, I highly recommend attending toastmasters: https://www.eventbrite.com/d/united-states/startups/?page=1

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Amit Mehta, partner at BuildersVC talks about reaching out to funds - should you reach out to an older fund that has been operating for 5 years after the raise or should you reach out to a freshly-raised fund? And why? And what are the indicators of the fund's activity? All in this episode.

Amit's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dramehta/

Fundraising Radio on acquisitions: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/category/acquisitions/

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