Conrad Pires

Space | Entrepreneur | Board Member | Futurist | TEDx Speaker | International Space University

[Conrad Pires @conradpires]

Interested in space? Do you want to be a part of it? Find out how with my TEDxUWA talk titled "Your place in the NewSpace Race" 🚀 #space #yourplace #TEDxUWA
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@henrythe9ths FUNDRAISE

[Henry Shi @henrythe9ths]

I got rejected by 144 investors before raising $150M for my $200M+ rev/year startup.

After 144 rejections, I started questioning our approach.

Were we solving the right problem?

What were we doing wrong?

Why weren’t investors seeing what we were seeing?

Were we the right team to build this?

We tried everything: different pitch angles, new deck structures, and reframing the problem.

Then came the 145th meeting, where we closed our first growth round.

That yes made everything worth it. But getting there took years of mistakes and hard work.

We went through a lot of trial and error just to figure out what resonates with investors.

We tried dozens of approaches to figure out what made investors engage.

Some landed, most didn't. But each iteration taught us something about what builds conviction versus what just sounds good on paper.

And once we cracked that code, our Series C closed faster than expected.

And today, I see so many founders in the exact same position I was in 10 years ago: grinding through rejections, questioning everything, and trying to figure out what works.

So today I want to give you the resource I wish I had back then:

Something that shows you exactly how to structure these conversations and navigate the entire process

(because the fundraising cycle can be a big distraction and take a toll on you as a founder).

So I've partnered with Notion's Startups Team to create the essential fundraising resource that helps you avoid the mistakes that cost me years.

Here's what you are getting:

• The actual decks I used to raise $150M for Super[.]com (Series B, C)

• 50 real examples from funded startups like Eleven Labs and Artisan AI

• A searchable database of 10,000+ investors - angels, VCs, and accelerators you can reach out to immediately (this alone would take months to build manually)

• An AI-powered fundraising agent built into Notion with step-by-step prompts (no separate ChatGPT needed)

Want access?

• Like and share this post

• Comment "FUNDRAISE"

• Follow me so I can DM you the link

I'll send it over ASAP.

P.S.: If you are serious about fundraising (now or in the future), you should grab it right away.

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lovable build competition with $40k in prizes is starting tomorrow

apply to the competition + repost this post and we'll reach out to you with 100 lovable credits to build with

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[SpaceX @SpaceX]

First static fire attempt of 33 Raptor engines on Booster 7 https://t.co/3haor6owfa

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@AusSpaceAgency Congratulations 🎂🚀

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.@AusSpaceAgency If you're in Perth, then there's #SpaceAppsPerth Get further info and register at https://t.co/o4URc9RHKp Also read about #Perth team Loud and Clear that won 1 of the 6 global prizes last year @SpaceApps @spacehubperth @CORE_Innovation #spaceappsperth

[Australian Space Agency @AusSpaceAgency]

We're partnering with nine other space agencies and problem solvers from around the world for this year's @NASA #SpaceApps Challenge! Join the virtual hackathon on October 2-3 to address the challenges facing Earth and space. Register now to get involved: https://t.co/6chGytlXf2

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@Dadto2groms Thanks @Dadto2groms. Much appreciated. Hope all's well with you

[Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @PawseyCentre]

The Australian Space Data Analysis Facility is officially open for SMEs to access to space data and tools, training and capacity building, and analytical expertise to stimulate innovation. A significant opportunity for Australian business🚀read more here https://t.co/Vxs9GXw1BM

[CORE Innovation Hub @CORE_Innovation]

The @NASA International #SpaceAppsChallenge is launching online on 2 October - sign up now to participate in the worlds largest hackathon, and use real NASA data to find solutions to real world problems

https://t.co/rOcQyF4OGn