Ben Elowitz

Senior Advisor and Chief Executive Partner

[Raiser's Edge Podcast @raisersedgepod]

Many founders I know try to make it as easy as possible for investors to say yes. @sbyrnes does the opposite — and it works.

[Raiser's Edge Podcast @raisersedgepod]

Episode 10 of Raiser's Edge hosted by @elowitz with guest @sbyrnes is out now! https://t.co/G6YuTzeHgz

[Raiser's Edge Podcast @raisersedgepod]

Founders are told to project confidence in every investor meeting. Tushar Garg raised $210M+ by sharing what wasn't working instead. Ep 10 of Raiser's Edge 👇

[Raiser's Edge Podcast @raisersedgepod]

3/ The “secret” behind Tushar Garg’s fundraising? Relationships, not transactions. He’d quietly built trust with investors for years—so when things got wild, his network was ready to step up.

[Raiser's Edge Podcast @raisersedgepod]

You're talking the whole time.
Your investor? Silent.

Stefan Kalb explains what you're probably missing—and why that moment matters more than you think.

https://t.co/1lutZGFsrj #RaisersEdge

[Raiser's Edge Podcast @raisersedgepod]

Your pitch is brilliant in the room.
Then you leave.

Stefan Kalb explains what happens next—and why it matters more than the 30 minutes you just spent.

[Raiser's Edge Podcast @raisersedgepod]

🚀 Thread: The REAL Secrets to Fundraising – Lessons from a Founder Who Raised $100M+ 🧵

[Raiser's Edge Podcast @raisersedgepod]

https://t.co/IXjrbHbtJP New episode of Raiser's Edge just dropped! Our host @elowitz chatted with @stefankalb, 3x founder & investor who has raised $119M+ (including being preempted for his latest $8M round)

[Ben Elowitz @elowitz]

Rejected in 9 minutes by Doug Leone 😳

Early in BetterCloud's journey, @DavePolitis thought a $50–100M business would be a huge success.

The problem? That’s not what top VCs are looking for.

If you don’t tell a big enough story, no one’s investing.

#startup #founder

[Ben Elowitz @elowitz]

@flySEA .@flySEA Seattle Tacoma airport is currently locked down. Passengers are currently locked in the secure area, not allowed to leave. Can you please post information about when passengers will be free to leave the airport, go to gates, and airplanes allowed to board and leave?

[Ben Elowitz @elowitz]

@flySEA Passengers are currently locked in the secure area, not allowed to leave. Can you please post information about when passengers will be free to leave the airport, and resume returning down the corridors to get to gates, and airplanes allowed to board and leave?

[Ben Elowitz @elowitz]

I wonder if this would play a bit easier if it weren’t named SVB, and instead were named “Main Street Bank of Small Business”.

[Ben Elowitz @elowitz]

@papayapay Hi Papaya team - I haven't heard anything from support and it's been a few days since my Outside TOS error issue... anyone there?

[Ben Elowitz @elowitz]

@CoinbaseInsto Hey Coinbase Institutional, what's up with the delays in processing new accounts? You said "a week or longer", and then "a few weeks". But it's been 7 weeks now since I submitted, and no CS replies. What's the scoop?

[Ari Berman @AriBerman]

Shocking stat: 57 senators who voted to convict Trump represent 76.7 MILLION more Americans than 43 senators who voted to acquit

[Ben Elowitz @elowitz]

@bermanjeff I am sooooo with you. I spent 2 hours on the phone with anthem and Mayo Clinic today while they both gave me more work to do on both their behalfs.

[Tim Alberta @TimAlberta]

The stuff I've heard in the last 72 hours—from members of Congress, law enforcement friends, gun shop owners, MAGA devotees—is absolutely chilling.

We need to brace for a wave of violence in this country. Not just over the next couple of weeks, but over the next couple of years.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

If a president is not impeached and removed from office for seeking to overthrow the government of the United States in order to remain in power, I don't know what the Framers of the Constitution meant by impeachment.

[Ilyse Hogue @ilyseh]

!!!!! "Facebook’s own research revealed that 64 percent of the time a person joins an extremist Facebook Group, they do so because the platform recommended it." @moonalice on platforms role in facilitating insurrection and what comes next.

https://t.co/CjMfeuNyis

[Julie Pace @JuliePace]

A huge thank you to all of the journalists from so many news organizations who were in and around the Capitol today, serving as the public's eyes and ears on a momentous day.