PRE-SEED FUNDRAISING GUIDE: RESOURCES

The Essential Pre-Seed Fundraising Resources

YC Videos, Tools, Paul Graham’s essays and more

For any challenging endeavor, you need to have the right tools, resources, and be able to speak the lingo. Here are some of the tools and resources I found to be most helpful.

Resources for Fundraising Tactics

• Paul Graham’s essays on fundraising. There are a lot of good ones, but How to Convince Investors is especially good.
• The Pitch podcast to listen to other founders pitch.
• Look at decks of companies currently raising on Republic or Seed Invest (scroll to the data room at the bottom of the deal). Keep in mind some of these companies aren’t venture scalable businesses, but they are currently raising money at your stage and have had some vetting.
• There are a lot of books on fundraising, but Secrets of Sand Hill Road is solid and up to date.

Source: The Pitch

YC Videos

• How to Talk to Investors by Michael Seibel (starts halfway through)
• How to Get Meetings by Aaron Harris
• Fundraising Fundamentals by Geoff Ralston
• Fundraising Legal Mechanics…