Guides
Fundraising guides
Practical, plain-English guides to finding investors and raising your round — each cross-linked to the live investor directory.
- How to find angel investors
A practical guide to finding angel investors: where they gather, how warm introductions work, the platforms that list active angels, and how to research one before you reach out.
- Pre-seed vs seed: what's the difference
Pre-seed vs seed: how the two earliest funding stages differ in timing, cheque size, what investors expect, and who leads each round — with examples of active investors at both.
- How to get pre-seed funding
How to raise a pre-seed round: what investors expect at the earliest stage, how to build a target list of pre-seed funds and angels, and how to run the raise.
- How to pitch a VC
How to pitch a venture capital firm: what to put in the deck, how to open the meeting, what investors are really evaluating, and how to research the partner before you walk in.