Y Combinator | How Startup Fundraising Works | Startup School @ycombinator | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
YC Group Partner Brad Flora has seen startup fundraising from every angle: as a founder, as one of the most prolific angel investors in Silicon Valley, and now as a YC Group Partner. Brad has coached hundreds of companies on fundraising. In this talk, he shares stories and advice on how modern startup fundraising works.
Paul Graham Fundraising Essays:
paulgraham.com/fundraising.html
paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html
paulgraham.com/convince.html
paulgraham.com/herd.html
Geoff Ralston's Fundraising Guides:
ycombinator.com/library/4A-a-guide-to-seed-fundraising
youtube.com/watch?v=gcevHkNGrWQ&ab_channel=YCombinator
YC Fundraising Resources:
ycombinator.com/library/2u-how-to-build-your-seed-round-pitch-deck
ycombinator.com/library/6q-how-to-pitch-your-startup
ycombinator.com/library/71-how-to-get-meetings-with-investors-and-raise-money
ycombinator.com/library/4O-raising-money-online-advice-for-startups
ycombinator.com/library/3u-different-types-of-investors-and-their-incentives
Apply to Y Combinator: yc.link/SUS-apply
Work at a startup: yc.link/SUS-jobs
Chapters (Powered by bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - Fundraising resources
02:13 - 7 fundraising myths
04:06 - Raising money is glamorous
06:51 - The need to raise money before starting a startup
10:10 - My startup need to be impressive to raise money
13:56 - Raising money is complicated, slow, and expensive.
18:04 - I am going to lose control of my company
21:58 - I need a fancy network to raise money
23:43 - If investors reject my startup its a bad startup
26:35 - Wrap up - This isn't for you
YC Group Partner Brad Flora has seen startup fundraising from every angle: as a founder, as one of the most prolific angel investors in Silicon Valley, and now as a YC Group Partner. Brad has coached hundreds of companies on fundraising. In this talk, he shares stories and advice on how modern startup fundraising works.
Paul Graham Fundraising Essays:
paulgraham.com/fundraising.html
paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html
paulgraham.com/convince.html
paulgraham.com/herd.html
Geoff Ralston's Fundraising Guides:
ycombinator.com/library/4A-a-guide-to-seed-fundraising
youtube.com/watch?v=gcevHkNGrWQ&ab_channel=YCombinator
YC Fundraising Resources:
ycombinator.com/library/2u-how-to-build-your-seed-round-pitch-deck
ycombinator.com/library/6q-how-to-pitch-your-startup
ycombinator.com/library/71-how-to-get-meetings-with-investors-and-raise-money
ycombinator.com/library/4O-raising-money-online-advice-for-startups
ycombinator.com/library/3u-different-types-of-investors-and-their-incentives
Apply to Y Combinator: yc.link/SUS-apply
Work at a startup: yc.link/SUS-jobs
Chapters (Powered by bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - Fundraising resources
02:13 - 7 fundraising myths
04:06 - Raising money is glamorous
06:51 - The need to raise money before starting a startup
10:10 - My startup need to be impressive to raise money
13:56 - Raising money is complicated, slow, and expensive.
18:04 - I am going to lose control of my company
21:58 - I need a fancy network to raise money
23:43 - If investors reject my startup its a bad startup
26:35 - Wrap up - This isn't for you
