Key Takeaways
4/8/20
Early-stage venture capital fundraising often takes over 6 months to complete due to the difficulty of finding and effectively pitching the right investors. Prolonged capital raises are a threat to operations and negatively impact valuations. Harlan Milkove, Managing Partner at Foundational, explores a framework based methodology for derisking a venture capital fundraising process in the same way that Lean Startup has helped countless ventures derisk product launches.
You will develop a better understanding of investors as a customer persona, so you can better align with market expectations and potentially shave months off your fundraising timeline.
Speaker Bio:
Harlan Milkove, Managing Partner, Foundational
Harlan Milkove is a repeat VC-backed startup founder, and Managing Partner at Foundational where he works with early-stage startups to expedite their pursuit of venture capital. His prior venture Reonomy, a commercial real estate data analytics platform, has gone on to raise $125M+