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Fundraising Masterclass
An 8-week program to prepare early-stage founders for fundraising.
8 Weekly lessons
Eight weekly group Zoom sessions to learn how to raise from top VCs, ask questions, and get direct feedback on your progress.
Learn MorePitch review & practice
Practice pitching your startup to investors. Get feedback on your pitch deck, narrative, business model and more.
Learn MoreIntros to our network
Upon completion, get introduced to relevant investors across Funden's partner network of 350+ global funds.
Learn MoreAbout the program
Funden’s Fundraising Masterclass is an 8-week program to prepare your early-stage startup for fundraising, investors, and growth.
Since 2021, Funden’s Assisted Fundraising platform has helped 50+ founders streamline their fundraising efforts with hands-on consulting and strategic insight. Our Fundraising Masterclass distills the key points of our Assisted Fundraising plans in an offering accessible by earlier stage companies.
Founders using Funden to raise money and expand their network.
Total amount being raised across all of Funden.
Intros made between founders and Funden's partner funds.
Partner funds within every region, vertical, and stage.
By the end of the course, you'll:
Know the best practices for a winning fundraising strategy
Know how to target the right investors for your company
Have a company narrative that resonates with your target investors
Know how to determine your startup's valuation and how much to fundraise
Be ready to approach investors and fundraise for your company
Be able to negotiate term sheets
Know why investors pass on deals and what makes them say yes
Know how to avoid bad investors
Understand how to make an effective pitch deck
Understand VC terminology and the basic finance principles of fundraising
Who is Fundraising Masterclass for?
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Early-stage entrepreneurs
You run or about to launch a small startup that you're passionate about growing.
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First-time fundraisers
You have never raised money from institutional investors and want to learn best practices.
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Founders looking for first checks
You want to raise capital but don't know where to start or how to approach your raise.
What you'll learn
Each week, the 60-minute Zoom session includes a lesson about a critical fundraising topic, rapid pitch practice, and open Q&A. There will be regular guest drop-ins from VCs, patent lawyers, and startup finance pros. Here's what we cover each week:
The Basics
Get to know the basics of fundraising including the most common types of fundraising (debt, equity, crowdfunding, venture, revenue), profiles of the most common investors (VCs, angels, networks, syndicates, family funds), company stages. Learn how investors make money even when they don't and what each group is interested in to maximize their ROI.
Finance 101 & Fundraising Terminology
A crash course in the terminology you need to know to be able to intelligently converse with investors. You'll learn about pre-money valuations, SAFE notes, term sheets, carry, CAC, churn, and more.
Investor Meeting Prep
Learn the cadence of a general VC meeting and the questions you'll be asked. Understand how to talk about shortcomings of your business and how to frame competitors, traction, and more. Bonus: we'll give you a list of the 300+ top questions that VCs ask.
Valuations, runway, and how much to raise
How much should you raise? How much is your company worth? You'll learn how to answer these questions, cite your data, and ensure you're looking out for yourself and your investors.
Pitch Decks: Zero to One
Learn the basics of creating an effective pitch deck including how they're used, how investors will share it, and what are the make or break details that will set yours apart. Bonus: you'll get Funden's proven pitch deck template.
Pitch Decks: One to 100
What are the top 5 problems with every pitch deck and how can you fix them? We'll go through examples of world-class pitch decks that opened up doors (and wallets) and how you can do the same.
Guest VC AMA and Pitch Practice
Pitch your company directly to a Funden VC partner. You'll get live feedback from the VC on narrative, opportunity, and pitch structure.
Funden for Fundraising
Fundraising Masterclass includes a 1-year license of Funden Lite. On our last week, you'll learn how to use Funden to approach investors, book meetings, and start raising money for your startup.
Hundreds of global VCs, angel investors, family firms, and more.
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Meet your course leader
Steve Beyatte is Funden's CEO and resident fundraising expert. He has built and sold two venture-backed startups to Fortune 500 companies and has raised a cumulative $30m throughout his career.
He currently manages Funden's VC partnerships and runs Funden's Assisted Fundraising division where he provides strategic oversight and guidance to startups raising between $500k-30m.
Meet the team
Daniel Rongo
Hustler, fundraiser and international scale up operator.
Amina Bensaid
VC analyst and fundraising expert turned operations hero.
Charles Pelletier
Talented networker and startup community builder.
Yannis Moore
MBA with a passion for European venture capital
Chip Allen
CPA, 10+ years in investment banking. Eats anything finance.
Mindy Whitt
Mompreneur, startup enthusiast. Fundraising is her middle name.
Nicolás Contag
Financial modeling, forecasting and valuations master.
Moritz Breitenbach
Specialist in protecting the IP of tech startups.
Loved by 1,500+ founders worldwide
“Thanks to Funden, we got access to a precious list of high-quality investors. We contacted them using Funden's email templates and succeeded in organising our first pitch call within a couple of weeks. Just the task of finding the investors' contact would have taken us several weeks, if not months. The resulting list wouldn't have been even close to Funden's one for variety and accuracy. Funden really saved us a lot of time, which is the most precious asset we have. We can't recommend it highly enough.”
“Funden has proven to be an invaluable part of our fund raising process. The insightful and well-thought out feedback on our pitch deck was frankly jaw-dropping. Steve was quick to grasp the idiosyncrasies of our business and helped us make positive changes. They brought us amazing connections and warm-introductions that enabled us to maximise our outcome! We are miles ahead thanks to the Funden team and today we consider them great friends.”
“We got our first meeting booked with a top gaming VC within a few days. We are quite picky about the investors we want to work with and we’re not in a rush. The Funden team knew that we’d rather spend more time finding the right strategic growth partner than committing to the first fund we come across. Steve and his team were able to provide us with a great stream of introductions without compromising on quality.”
What's included?
We know the challenges, and
We have the playbook.
Distill fundraising into an orderly, streamlined process. We've perfected our approach with more than 1,500 founders and 350 investors.
Pricing
Early-bird pricing until March 28.
Get 1 year of Funden Lite Included
For a limited time, all members of Fundraising Masterclass will receive a free 1-year license to Funden Lite which includes:
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Funden?
Funden provides founders with tools and strategic guidance to fundraise from venture capital firms, angel investors, and high net worth individuals. We work with 1,500 founders and 350+ top VC firms around the globe, including Andreessen Horowitz, Greycroft, TechStars and more.
What is Fundraising Masterclass?
Fundraising Masterclass is an 8-week program to help early-stage founders prepare for fundraising. It includes access to Funden Lite along with weekly office hours with fundraising expert and Funden CEO Steve Beyatte.
Why are you creating this program?
The founding team at Funden has raised in excess of $40M in VC funding throughout their careers. Funden Enterprise plans include hands-on assistance on your fundraising campaign. Fundraising Masterclass was created to provide value to earlier-stage companies that can not afford Assisted Fundraising.
What is Funden Lite?
Funden Lite is a paid subscription service that provides access to a powerful set of tools to optimize your fundraising. Included in Fundraising Masterclass is a 1-year license to Funden Lite which includes 10,000 firm profiles, 30,000 investor contacts, fundraising CRM, cold-email outreach tools, and Funden AI.
What time are the sessions?
There will be two scheduled Zoom sessions per week to accomodate as many timezeones as possible. You can attend either session.
Session #1:
Tuesdays at 9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 10:30pm IST
Session #2:
Thursdays at 6pm PST / 9pm EST / 2am GMT / 7:30am IST
What if I miss a session?
All weekly sessions are recorded. You can submit questions ahead of time and they will be answered during the session.
What happens in office hours?
Each 1-hour session includes a 10-15 minute lesson followed by pitch practice and feedback from participants followed by Q&A.