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The Pre-Seed Round Defined: How to Succeed as an Early Stage Startup : Docsend studied the fundraising process of 174 startups at the pre-seed stage in 2019 and analyzed data to understand which pre-seed startups were successful in fundraising and why.

#Shouts to Mateo Hernandez-Ysasi for turning this page into a highly useful Airtable

**Scroll to the bottom of this page for the due diligence checklist I use with our startups at Ascend. *The deck to the right is also a work in progress - it’s my take on the essential 13 slides for raising your pre-seed venture capital round. Feel free to hmu with feedback or additions! -> The below is a work in progress - and by no means comprehensive - meant to shed light on some of these topics for Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, and other Pacific Northwest founders.

In an era where every third person on LinkedIn includes “angel investor” in their profile, it’s incredibly difficult to sort out who is actively writing checks, let alone what kinds of companies they get excited about.Īnd if you’re looking for VC investment, it can be equally challenging to understand which funds are active, which partners to talk to, and which areas they back.Īdd in legal, HR, hosting, and other service providers, and it’s a dizzying amount of work just to figure out who to talk to about actually doing the work. Which pitch deck tips should you pay attention to*? How do you prepare for diligence from a lead investor**? is available online, it can be overwhelming for the earliest stage founder.
