The right way to approach this is to build a process around fundraising: maximally concentrated in time, with lots of warm leads, activated at the right moment ⏱️If you have good traction/metrics and use this process, you're almost guaranteed to close the round. Investors are sitting on piles of money and they need to invest in something not to have their asses kicked by LPs. There’s always 1% of startups that consistently raise and your goal is to get to this 1% (outcompeting other less experienced founders) 💰🌟
If you’re trying to figure out where to start, what strategy to use, or what key information you need to know before you dive into fundraising
Week 1 Fundamentals of parallel fundraising and the importance of building a strong task force. Week 2 Understand the VC industry dynamics and the power of networking. Week 3 Craft a compelling pitchdeck and how to set up key milstones of fundraising process Week 4 Coffee vs. Pitch meetings. How to differentiate your approach when reaching out to angels and VCs.
If you’re already in the fundraising process, and want to stay on track, making sure you’re aligned with best practices
Week 1 Streamlining your fundraising process, ensuring your materials are cohesive and impactful. Week 2 Timeline of your fundraising. How and when to conduct meetings with investors. Inside of their decision-making process. Week 3 Financial and legal considerations, due diligence, and effective outreach strategies. Week 4 Investor relations practices and manage post-investment updates.
Who are the bootcamps for?
Pre-seed founders Raising from angels and/or syndicating VCs Seed founders Raising from a lead investor Seed+ founders Raising your second institutional round 🙋 It would definitely be a good fit if you are raising (or planning to raise) a proper pre-seed/seed/seed+ round this fall
What is the goal of our bootcamps?
🔥 By the end of the bootcamp, you’ll have a proven YC’s style fundraising playbook (working fundraising process). You will also get access to the closed accountability group: you’ll be able to share updates, receive deck feedback, and get help with introductions. Lastly, you will get the opportunity to use us, the instructors, for real-time feedback. The ideal outcome of learning about startup fundraising is successfully fundraising for your current startup. The teaching method, curriculum, logistics, and everything else are worked backward from this goal. However, the business of fundraising is tricky. We can guarantee that you will be able to raise the funding you want at some point, but when and how much largely depends on you and your startup. “Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime”.
What will I get out of participation?
✅ Our personal guidance and attention ✅ A limited number of participants ✅ Closed chat and accountability group ✅ Lifetime access to the community ✅ Personalization of curriculum according to your needs/questions ✅ Live participation in networking sessions with other folks
Why is the bootcamp paid?
Socap.ai is a venture-backed startup and our main product is not the bootcamp — it's the software platform which helps entrepreneurs unlock the hidden value of their networks and find intro paths to whoever they need talk to. We host these bootcamps because we want to share our knowledge and YC-style playbook with the broader community of founders — also providing them with the discount to try out our software. We've tried hosting bootcamps for free as an experiment — and while some founders (about 25% or 1/4 ) found a lot of value and were highly engaged, most (3/4) treated the bootcamp poorly, not showing their commitment. Not to us — to their own fundraise! Let's face it — free things are always worse than non-free things. With that knowledge in mind, we want to make sure that founders who are participating do this not because they saw this shiny free thing, but because they want to actually learn and raise — which is why we ask every founder to commit $499 for their participation (or $149, if you'd choose a reduced tariff). You can also add another founder for 50% discount ($249). Since we're not focused on making money on these bootcamps, we also provide limited amount of scholarships — so if you think that you really need to participate in the bootcamp but absolutely can't afford it, please contact us and share your story.