Gian Seehra

I make pre-seed to series B founders fundraise for their co. | $300m+ venture funding raised | Ex-VC at @OctopusVentures | Tweets & threads about fundraising

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I've been a part of $250 million+ in venture funding

And have now helped founders raise $60 million this past year.

Here’s the framework I used:

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@SocialEngland66 At the UCL final some melt in the Arsenal zone chucked his GLASS BOTTLE when we scored and it hit the guy next to me in the head. He was bleeding for the whole game. Fucking retarded

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It all worked out.

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Good morning from your Premier League champions 👋

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@clfsupplements @the_alex_d_ founders dont have to have even %s you know... but yeah I thought it was 3, not 4.

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@tomcrawshaw01 SEARCH

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@samruddhi_mokal YT

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@Mike_Scully_ AI

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@_NotAde setter

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@jspujji Deck

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@HarryStebbings Best investment i made (now a unicorn) did $700k in arr when we invested at their Series A

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@RobbieCrab Read up to god emperor but not all of them. Shit got weird after that 😂.

These films are making me wanna re-read them from the beginning and actually read all six novels.

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@dannypostma How do they feel in person?

Obsessed by pics of them as a Speedy owner but I'm worried they aren't as good in person

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Yep, now you know I'm pretty good at supporting busy moms in balancing multiple roles.

At least I'm making an incredible impact.

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There's 4 different ranks of fundraising stories:

A bad story: "I don't get it"

A good story: “Sounds interesting”

A great story: “I want to learn more”

An investable story: “How can I contribute to this happening?”

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No better feeling than opt-ing out of Apollo.

So many less cold emails!

Everyone should do it.

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Founders:

You vastly underestimate the value of your knowledge.

Publish yours and let investors pleasantly surprise you.

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You don’t need a banker to introduce you to investors.

Instead:

- Speak with founders a couple steps ahead of you
- Show your domain expertise through media
- Build relationships with value-add experts

Outsourcing investor connections is not what world-class founders do.

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Before you launch a product, you need to launch the story of that product.

It's the same with fundraising.

"Launch" the story of why you are fundable first.