Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Lewis Gersh of PebblePost (www.pebblepost.com), a New York-based startup pioneering programmatic direct mail. The Company recently completed a $25M Series C venture round led by Advance Venture Partners (AVP). Previous investors include ffVC, RRE, Greycroft, Tribeca Venture Partners and strategic investors and angels. In this episode, Lewis talks about his jo...
Jan 23, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Alex Kubicek of Understory Weather, a Wisconsin-based weather analytics company (www.understoryweather.com). Understory recently raised $7.5 million in new funding. The round was led by 4490 Ventures. Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund also joined the round. Other existing investors include Monsanto Growth Ventures and Silicon Valley-based True Ventures....
Jan 16, 2019•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Susan Ho of Journy (www.gojourny.com), a startup that offers custom travel planning services in 75+ destinations around the world. Journy recently raised capital from Menlo Ventures, Pear VC, and Jason Wang (founder of Caviar). Previous investors included Resolute Ventures, Arena Ventures, 500 Startups and others. In this episode, Susan talks about pitching t...
Jan 09, 2019•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Campbell Brown of PredictHQ.com, a San Francisco and New Zealand based startup that combines real-world events into one data source to help businesses better understand demand and plan for the future (for example, Uber could see how an upcoming Taylor Swift concert will increase demand for drivers). PredictHQ recently raised a $10 million Series A led by Aspe...
Jan 03, 2019•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Brent Pearson of Enboarder.com. Based in Sydney, Australia, Enboarder makes a cloud HR-technology platform for employers to create engaging onboarding experiences. The Company recently raised capital from Greycroft and Our Innovation Fund. In this episode, Brent talks about the changing Australian startup scene, what to do when due diligence drags out, trusti...
Dec 27, 2018•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Stefan Hraber of Emesent.io, makers of drone technology to map underground caverns and other subterranean passages. The Company raised $3.5M from Main Sequence Ventures. Stefan talks about commercializing technology spun out of CSIRO (the Australian National Lab), making the transition from scientist to startup founder, applying scientific methods to the entr...
Dec 18, 2018•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Allie Sutton of June.ai which makes an AI-powered email communication hub organized around people and conversations. In this episode, Allie talks about raising capital on a concept (pre-launch), the New York startup scene, elements of the pitch, leveraging early "yesses" to get more intros, and more. June.ai previously raised a $1.5 million preseed funding ro...
Dec 11, 2018•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Avi Meir, CEO of TravelPerk (www.travelperk.com) a Barcelona-based startup that is re-inventing business travel. TravelPerk recently raised a $44 million Series C led by Sweden’s Kinnevik, Russian billionaire and DST Global founder Yuri Milner and Tom Stafford. Prior investors include Target Global, Felix Capital, Spark Capital, Sunstone, LocalGlobe and Amplo...
Dec 05, 2018•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Keith George, CEO of CoEdition.com which makes a retail fashion marketplace for plus-sized women. CoEdition raised a $4 million round led by New Enterprise Associates along with General Catalyst, Primary Venture Partners and BBG Ventures, In this episode, Keith talks about identifying an underserved market (plus-sized fashion), "selling the dream" to investor...
Nov 28, 2018•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Steve Gutentag, CEO of Thirty Madison which is rebuilding the healthcare experience for the modern consumer, starting with the brand Keeps.com (consultations and treatment for hair loss). The Company raised a $15 million Series A led by Maveron and Northzone Ventures along with ERA, Two River Capital, Greycroft, First Round Capital, Steadfast Venture Capital ...
Nov 19, 2018•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Allie Magyar of Hubb.me. Hubb makes an online platform for event and conference management. The Company recently raised a $6.3 million Series B led by Five Elms Capital. Oregon Venture Fund and Elevate Capital participated. In this episode, Allie talks about the Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver WA funding scenes, the difference between raising private equity ...
Nov 15, 2018•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Aaron Schwartz of Passport Shipping (www.passportshipping.com), a provider of international shipping services designed for eCommerce companies. The Company recently raised $3 million of seed funding from Precursor Ventures, Resolute Ventures and Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt. Sophia Amoruso (GirlBoss) and April Underwood (Slack) also participated in the round. ...
Nov 12, 2018•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Andrew Parker of Papa (www.joinpapa.com), an elderly care management platform that connects college students to senior citizens - aka "grandkids on demand." Papa raised capital in Florida before going through Y Combinator. More recently the Company raised $2.4 million of venture funding in a deal led by Initialized Capital Management with participation from S...
Nov 06, 2018•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Steve Glenn of Plant Prefab (www.plantprefab.com) which makes custom homes that are built using off-site production in a fast, economical, and eco-friendly way. Plant Prefab raised capital from Twitter co-founder Ev William's Obvious Ventures and the Amazon Alexa Fund, among others. In this (short) episode, Steve talks about where he came up with the idea for...
Oct 31, 2018•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Hjalmar Nordegren, CEO of Karma.life based in Stockholm, Sweden. Karma makes an online platform that enables grocery stores, restaurants and cafes to minimize their food waste by selling their excess food to customers at a discount. The Company recently raised a $12 million Series A from Kinnevik, Electrolux, e.ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners. In this ...
Oct 16, 2018•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Matthew Klein, CEO of Backbone PLM (www.backboneplm.com). Backbone makes software that helps consumer goods companies manage complex design and product development processes. The Company recently raised raised $8 million of Series A2 venture funding led by Signal Peak Ventures with participation from Grotech Ventures, Spider Capital, Novel TMT Ventures, Beans...
Oct 10, 2018•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Pat Larsen, CEO of ZenLedger.io. ZenLedger makes tax and accounting software for cryptocurrency investors and CPAs. The Company recently raised $1.5 million from Vestigo Ventures and Castle Island Ventures. In this episode, Pat talks about providing "picks and shovels" to the crypto space, building software for a highly dynamic and changing market, lessons he...
Oct 04, 2018•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Angela Hood, CEO of ThisWay Global, maker of a platform that uses machine learning and matching algorithms for candidate hiring. In this episode, Angela talks about selling her '67 Mustang to fund her startup, how to hustle at TechCrunch Disrupt, raising capital from the Central Texas Angel Network, leveraging advisors, and more.
Oct 01, 2018•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Maria Chatzou, CEO of Lifebit.ai. Lifebit is developing an intelligent genomic platform designed for biodata analysis. The Company went through Techstars then raised GBP 2.25 million of seed funding led by Connect Ventures and Pentech Ventures. Beacon Capital, Tiny VC and London Co-Investment Fund also participated in the round. In this episode, Maria talks a...
Sep 18, 2018•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Rand Fishkin, CEO of SparkToro. SparkToro raised $1,299,500 from 35 individual, accredited investors. Previously, Rand ran Moz, which raised $29.1 million across multiple rounds. In this episode, Rand talks about the binary nature of the venture capital model, his search for alternative funding structures, raising a party round from numerous angels, preservin...
Sep 11, 2018•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jessica Chang, CEO of WeeCare, a developer of a SaaS based platform to start an in-home daycare. The company raised $4.2 million of Seed funding in a deal led by Social Capital. Wavemaker Partners, Fika Ventures, Amplify Partners, and Fuel Ventures also participated in the round. In this episode, Jessica talks about the emerging SoCal startup scene, aka "Sili...
Sep 06, 2018•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Sean Byrnes of Outlier.ai. Outlier makes a business intelligence platform designed to monitor business data and notify customers when unexpected changes occur. Previously, Sean founded Flurry, a mobile analytics company acquired by Yahoo for $300 million. Outlier recently raised $6.4 million of Series A venture funding led by Ridge Ventures. First Round Capit...
Aug 29, 2018•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Phill Rosen of Even Financial, makers of an open API for financial services. The company raised $18.8 million of Series A venture funding led by GreatPoint Ventures. The Goldman Sachs Group, Canaan Partners, F-Prime Capital Partners, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Jacob Gibson, Jason Owen, American Express Ventures, Arab Angels, Plug and Play Ventures and Valuestrea...
Aug 28, 2018•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Yin Wu of DirtProtocol.com. Dirt Protocol is using blockchain technology to create a new approach to verify information. The Company raised $3 million of seed funding from Digital Currency Group, Caffeinated Capital and SV Angel on July 11, 2018. Village Global, ZhenFund, General Catalyst, Greylock Partners, Hustle Fund, INBlockchain, Lightspeed Venture Partn...
Aug 24, 2018•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Ken Nguyen, CEO of Republic.co, a crowdfunding platform spun out of AngelList. in this episode, Ken talks about the market opportunity of serving un-accredited investors, raising a hybrid equity + token pre-sale for Republic, tips for a successful equity crowdfunding campaign, the changing dynamics of raising capital, and much more.
Aug 21, 2018•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Ryan Boyko, CEO of Embark Vet (www.embarkvet.com). Embark Vet makes an animal DNA testing kit designed to improve dog health and wellness. Embark recently raised a seed round co-led by Founder Collective, Freestyle and ThirdKind, with support from Anne Wojcicki, Bill Maris, Slow Ventures, SV Angel and others. In this episode, Ryan talks about how he built a t...
Aug 13, 2018•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Igor Lebovic of Kindly Care, based in San Francisco. Kindly Care is a self-service management platform for hiring caregivers for senior citizens. The Company recently raised $5.4 million of Series A venture funding led by Javelin Venture Partners with participation by MHS Capital and Jackson Square Ventures. In this episode, Igor talks about venture capital a...
Aug 08, 2018•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Chetan Rane and Akshay Ramaswamy of Alma Campus. Alma is a college-exclusive social network that enables students to discover and connect with peers on their campus. The Company recently raised from Marissa Mayer, Norwest Venture Partners, Sergio Monsalve, Felicis Ventures, and others. The Company has also raised capital from Lightspeed Ventures, Index Ventur...
Aug 02, 2018•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with David Fink and Jonathan Neddenriep of Postie.com. Postie makes a direct mail platform that behaves like a digital channel. The Company recently raised a seed round from Bonfire Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, and Rincon Venture Partners. In this episode, Jonathan and David talk about direct mail as a marketing channel, pitching their KPIs and metrics, understand...
Jul 30, 2018•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Andrew Farah of Density.io, which makes door sensors designed to measure how busy a location is in real-time. Density recently raised a $12 million Series A, led by Founders Fund. Previously, the Company raised capital from Mark Suster and Upfront Ventures, Jonathon Triest of Ludlow Ventures, Jason Calacanis and others. In this episode, Andrew discusses what ...
Jul 24, 2018•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
