Over the past 5 months, I interviewed 100+ founders from the US, Europe, India, and Africa (mostly from the US). I learned quite a lot about post-covid fundraising strategies, but I was shocked to learn that some of the founders got founded through emails alone.
There's a myth that you need to have a huge network to raise money from VCs. In reality, investors are open to cold pitches. You just need to do it right.
Here's a TL;DR of my step-by-step guide.
It should be short, simple, and intriguing. While there's no silver bullet, I like to use this formula: {company name}{big vision}.
Explain to the investor why do you think he/she/they is a good fit for you.
Explanations that work best:
The goal of a blurb is to walk the investor through the core aspects of your business in 30 seconds or less.
How to ask an investor for a meeting:
That's all you need to get a meeting with an investor through a cold email.
Should you include the deck? How to follow up? How to automate the outreach? If you have all these questions, check out the full version of the guide here.
Thanks for reading!
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