
4 Core Seed-stage Fundraising lessons from my conversations with multiple VC-funded Startup Founders:
1. Oversell your Dream, Undersell the actuals i.e. Numbers and Projections: Helps set the expectations right from day one reducing the chances of Founder-VC issues at the later stage
2. Sudh Hindi mai bat karo: Don’t try to act smart or cool, talk in language you are comfortable in and jo kuch hai clearly batayo. VCs should accept you for who you are, not what you project 😁😁
3. You should like the partner/investor personally: Investments are not just about money, you are sharing your ownership with the investor. Choose investors who respects you, discusses ideas with you like a buddy and asks the right questions rather than preaches his/her GYAN 🤝🤝
4. Establish a direct connect with the Partner, engaging with Investment analysts is just time-consuming: Investment analysts would just keep you engaged in to-fros and will share with the team what they understood from your call and not what your startup is actually about


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