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David Yaffe, Co-Founder at Estuary, Previously Co-Founder of Arbor (Acquired by LiveRamp) talks about closing a very fast round (2 weeks only) and how that happened. We also discuss the best strategies of gaining new connections and assembling the right network to accelerate the fundraising process. 

Estuary: https://estuary.dev/

David's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidyaffe/

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Andrew McIntosh, Director and Product Management for Platform & Integrations at Veritone Inc that went public in 2017 explains what he believes were the core strategies of the company founders that brought the company to a success. We also talked about early employees getting involved in the fundraising process and how does that work.

Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/andymmmmc

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Adrian Mendoza, Founder and General Partner at Mendoza Ventures talks about his very first fundraising and why it took him so long. Adrain also talks about the ways to accelerate that process and what methodologies can be applied while fundraising.

Mendoza Ventures: https://mendoza-ventures.com/contact/

Connect to Adrian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianmendozavc/

Put the kittens in the box - how to close the round: https://mendoza-ventures.com/put-the-kittens-in-the-box-the-essential-guide-to-raising-and-closing-a-round/

More articles from Adrian: https://medium.com/@MendozaVentures

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Gabriel Paunescu, CEO at Naologic talks about his experience of opening 7 startups at 3 different countries and raising money for some of them. He talks about creating a useful and cheap product and how to start new business in a new place or even a new country. 

Gabriel Paunescu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielpaunescu/

Gabriel's company, Naologic: https://naologic.com/

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Ryan Whittemore, Chief Investment Officer at Florida Funders explains the major benefits of working with an angel group versus a venture capital. We also discussed what major factors should founders look into while making their decision.

Florida Funders: https://www.floridafunders.com/

Ryan Whittemore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-whittemore-91618410/

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Carlos Ochoa, Founder and Managing Partner at Alpha Impact 8 Ventures explains what it means to expand to the South Americas, who should do it and when is it applicable. We also talked about moving to the silicon valley and specifically - when is it safe enough (in the economic sense) to move to the valley to run your company.

Alpha Impact 8 Ventures: https://www.ai8ventures.com/

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Denis Kalyshkin, principal at I2BF Global Ventures explains what does it mean to work in the "unsexy" field and how the non-technological fields present a great opportunity for startup founders. We also talk about how startup founders can get involved in such fields.

I2BF Global Ventures: https://www.i2bf.com/

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Research on your competitors: https://craft.co/

Tracking competitors X2: https://corp.owler.com/

Crunchbase - pretty much where any startup search starts: https://www.crunchbase.com/home

Miki Reynolds - Co-Founder and Executive Director at Grid 110 talks about the support that government provides to the early stage startup founders and specifically talks about Los Angeles eco-system. We discussed a variety of government programs aimed to support startups and how founders can use those. Below you can find the list of very helpful links mentioned in the episode: 

Make a research on the funding options you have: https://intro.me/

Spreadsheet with grant options. 

SBIR - America's Seed Fund: https://www.sbir.gov/

Community for underrepresented founders: https://bunchoffounders.com/

Post that Miki co-wrote about alternative funding sources (this is super helpful) - https://medium.com/allraise/how-to-get-funding-for-your-startup-thats-not-venture-capital-7965f25998f1 

Grid 110: https://www.grid110.org/

Sherwin Estanislao, Founding Partner and Investor at Creative Interlace Tech Ventures in this episode of Fundraising Radio talks about who needs an advisor, how to find one and how much approximately should you give him/her. We also talked about the venture studio model and what kind of founders should work with such.

Sherwin Estanislao: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherwin-estanislao/

Creative Interlace Tech Ventures: http://creativeinterlace.com/

Zain Jaffer, currently Partner at Blue Field Capital and previously the Co-Founder and CEO at Vungle that was acquired for $780 in 2019. In this episode Zain talks about how he managed to move from the UK to the US and who should try doing the same. We also talked about the major mistakes that he had made during the fundraising process and his major accomplishments.

Blue Field Capital: http://www.bluefieldfunds.com/

The Proptech VC podcast by Zain: https://open.spotify.com/show/5DBlKyYaVcuNv8uFq4LCfJ?si=_Jbm0oT1SWWMGaRYQ5pikw

Episode on Proptech by Fundraising Radio: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/Zach-Aarons/