Each person is born unique. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ. No one has the brain chemistry you do, The genetics, The childhood you did, The life experiences. Yet as we get older, we become more and more like everyone else. ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ and start to listen more to the opinions of others. If youโre going to build that startup, that product, that blog, that piece of art - ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ and embrace it all in its horror, glory and beauty!
You Will Raise Capital
Financial Services
New York, New York 551 followers
We help raise capital from start to finish for seed stage and series A founders.
About us
Raising capital from start to finish for Seed Stage and Series A founders.
- Website
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https://youwillraisecapital.com/
External link for You Will Raise Capital
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Type
- Privately Held
Locations
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Primary
New York, New York, US
Employees at You Will Raise Capital
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Yvan De Munck
Currently helping with startup capital formation using Investment Crowdfunding and parallel offerings | Building CClear, where ๐ซต Can Be Your Own VC
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Jamie Rogers ๐
Co-Founder, working with the best in AI/Data for 15 years.
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Adam Ferguson
Co-Founder at Attis | AI/ML | Positively Impacting People and the Planet
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Mahel Luis
Virtual Assistant
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๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ? ๐๐๐ซ๐'๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ: knock on every door in your neighborhood and ask each person what their goals are. If you find someone who has their goals written down and can show you, I'll pay you $500 per person. The reason? ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. Think about itโso many people desire a good life for themselves and their family yet never take the time to define what that means for them. We spend hours on things that donโt matter, but neglect ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ : writing down our goals. The real reason people fail isn't that they can't achieve their goals. It's that they never clearly define them in the first place.
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Something important to remember as a founder building something newโฆ
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๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ: 1. Intelligent, clear pitch on why your team, product, traction and market are compelling. You have ONE second to grab them. 2. Finding investors who actually invest in your space (not say they do) 3. Reaching enough of them (itโs still a numbers game) 4. Overcoming objections and not taking every โnot a fitโ at face value. 5. Organized and intelligent follow up through clear best practices and CRM systems (investors get busy) 6. Nailing the diligence process with succinct clarity. ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐! ๐๐ผ #Fundraising #Investment #StartupSuccess #YouWillRaiseCapital #Entrepreneurship #BusinessGrowth #InvestorRelations
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๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ 1.) ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ๐: ๐ Tailor your decks to different investor interests. For example, if you're in mental health/consciousness and CPG, create separate decks for each. Similarly, if you're pitching Alt Protein and CleanTech/Sustainability, prepare distinct presentations for each. 2.) ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐: ๐ Build a comprehensive 10-page template with a clickable table of contents. This ensures you control the dialogue when your venture partner presents your investment to their team. One of the most frustrating things is having a great call with a partner at the firm only to receive an email two days later saying the team rejected it. This often happens because the partner botched the pitch. Remember, no one can pitch better than you, so you must control the dialogue at all times, even when you're not there. ๐ฏ.) ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น: ๐ต Ensure your financial model is robust and trustworthy. Don't make a perfect business school model, it must withstand investor scrutiny to avoid distrust or deal failure and be defensible. ๐ฐ.) ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐: ๐ Keep historical financials clean and straightforward, with notes on any unusual areas. 5.) ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฝ: ๐๏ธ Build a clean, professional data room to present data elegantly and make an investorโs job as easy as possible. ๐ฒ.) ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐: ๐ง Prepare 3-4 email campaigns that fit each investor profile, each with 4-5 sequences depending on the investor. 7.) ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐: ๐ฌ Craft compelling LinkedIn messages within the 300-character limit. Avoid the common pitfall of starting with "Hey John - great to connect!" Instead, grab their attention with the first few words, saving the niceties for the end. ๐ด.) ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฝ: ๐ ๏ธ Build 3-4 subdomains and set up 20-25 email addresses. Ensure no email sends more than 15 emails per day to avoid spam filters and maintain a healthy email score with synthetic interactions. ๐ต.) ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐: ๐ Compile basic company information so your pipeline specialist does not need to bother you for easy info during the raise. ๐ญ๐ฌ.) ๐ข๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐ก Prepare responses for the 15-20 common objections specific to your niche to overcome objections pre-call, post-call, and during closing. If you take every 'not a fit' at face value, fundraising will take WAY too long - be prepared to overcome objections succinctly and clearly along each step. ๐ญ๐ญ.) ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐ As you get close to bringing in your lead, be ready for the 4-5 specific documents a firm may ask for in their own idiosyncratic way (e.g., staffing plans, model changes, clarifying IP, product roadmap).
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This is what it takes to close capital ๐ฐ๐ Finding the perfect angles to follow up with instead of merely annoying them, and one day, at the right place and time, saying the right thing โ they POP and book a call โ๏ธ If I were to tell you how many investors have gone cold and later wrote a check, you wouldn't believe me. I have dozens of stories like this ๐ซฐ ๐ช๐ฆ The secret? It's all software-driven โ programmed from thousands of interactions with this specific company and many others. It's impossible for a founder running a full-time business to also reach out to hundreds of new investor leads who have invested in your space in the last 12 months, manage a pipeline, nurture hot leads, revive cold ones, and get investors everything they need in the closing phases, as they always request hundreds of random items, and you must do it perfectly! Shout out to the team! ๐
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๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น: "๐ช๐ฒ'๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ." ๐ Most founders launching a raise overlook this crucial pointโ๐ด๐ฌ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ; they prefer to co-invest. Spending all your time on meetings with potential lead investors, not just co-investors, is key. Imagine taking 30 calls, expecting leads, and realizing only 5 were actual potentials. It feels like a fundraising failure, but it's really a strategy misstep. ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ผ-๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐? At our firm, we leverage millions of data points from the last 12 months to track who's leading which rounds. If you don't have that luxury, LinkedIn is a goldmine with hundreds of relevant posts weekly. Network with non-competitive founders in your niche for insights. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐? Craft your outreach list meticulouslyโask directly, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. "When X firm has conviction on a bet, do you typically lead or co-invest?" Be proactive, secure that lead, and watch your fundraising strategy soar. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น. Securing a lead investor follows the classic 80/20 rule. Once you have them (and they're strong in your niche), bringing in co-investorsโeven for the same amount of capitalโis 20% of the work. When launching a raise - go get that lead, then everything else falls into place.
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ Market research is a cornerstone of startup success. It shapes your strategy, helps you understand your target audience, and attracts investor interest. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ: 1๏ธโฃ ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Market research helps uncover gaps in the market and emerging trends, allowing you to position your startup effectively. ๐๐ 2๏ธโฃ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: Gain insights into customer needs, preferences, and behaviors to tailor your product or service to meet their demands. ๐ฅ๐ก 3๏ธโฃ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐: Know your competitorsโ strengths and weaknesses to differentiate your offering and carve out your niche. ๐๐ 4๏ธโฃ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป-๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Data-driven decisions reduce risks and increase the likelihood of success. ๐โ 5๏ธโฃ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ: Thorough market research demonstrates your preparedness and reduces perceived investment risks. ๐ผ๐ Invest time in market research to build a solid foundation for your startup and enhance your appeal to investors. #MarketResearch #StartupSuccess #BusinessStrategy #YouWillRaiseCapital #InvestorRelations #DataDriven