Fundraising? Funding Hacks: Building a Funnel + Running a Process - Feb 6, 2020

Even in a strong market, raising your first (or next) round of capital is harder than it looks, and fundraising often becomes a huge distraction, requiring lots of time.

Nathan Beckord, CFA and CEO of Foundersuite, spent ten years in the trenches as interim CFO at over 100 companies that collectively raised over $200M in funding. Nathan also runs the weekly podcast How I Raised It featuring funding secrets of successful founders. He will share his methodology for "running an efficient process."

In this workshop you will learn:

+How to build and qualify a target list of investor leads

+How to secure the strongest possible "warm intro" (and what to do if you don't have a large network)

+How to run a streamlined process and drive momentum and “heat” for your deal

+How to close your round faster and with greater negotiating leverage.

The talk is chock full of fresh funding hacks, insider tips, and actionable tactics for helping succeed on the fundraising trail.

Presenter:

Nathan Beckord is the CEO of Foundersuite.com a venture-backed company that makes the leading “funding stack” (investor database, CRM, pitch deck hosting and Investor Update tools) for startups raising capital. Since launching in 2016, Foundersuite users have raised over $1.2 Bln in seed and venture capital, which he often features in his weekly podcast: How I Raised It.

Prior to starting Foundersuite, Nathan spent ten years working with over 150 startups as interim CFO, Business Developer, and Advisor. Nathan has an MBA in Entrepreneurship, a BSC in Finance, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). In his free time, he enjoys sailing, traveling, and riding motorcycles.