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8/10/2019 FI Fundraising Talk
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Seed round fundraising
6 Nov 2014 ‘
Ching, Co-founder at Vault Dragon
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LIVE WORK PLAY
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Origins Founded in 2013.
Graduates of FounderInstitute and JFDI.Asia
PresenceOperations in both
Singapore and HongKong
FundingRaised S$1.2MM
in seed round
TractAnnualised
>S$300
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hat we learned
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Fundraising is
distracting
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Get warmintroduction to
investors
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Opening > Problem > SolutiTraction > Market >
Business Model > Team Vision > Ask > Closing
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Find the right “fit”investors
Bonus: Gogovan vsEasyvan
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Know howvaluation and
term sheet work
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There is no “best”term sheet. Don’t
optimise
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“Avoid investors till you decide to raise money, and then when to them all in parallel, prioritized by expected value, and accepgreedily. That's fundraising in one sentence. Don't introduce
optimizations, and don’t let investors introduce complications
Fundraising is not what will make you successful. It's just a meend. Your primary goal should be to get it over with and get b will make you successful—making things and talking to users —path I've described will for most startups be the surest way to tdestination.
Be good, take care of yourselves, and don't leave the path.”
- Paul Graham (2013)