Additional Learning

Additional Learning

Fundraising Pressure Testing: Prepare for your Mock Pitch

Recommended Resources

• Books:

  • "Venture Deals" by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
  • "The Art of Startup Fundraising" by Alejandro Cremades

• Online Courses:

  • Y Combinator's Startup School Fundraising Course
  • First Round Capital's Pitch Deck Template

• Tools:

  • DocSend for tracking investor deck engagement
  • Airtable or Notion for investor CRM
  • Calendly for scheduling investor meetings

Practice Exercises

1. Create your 3-slide teaser deck
2. Write a sample investor update
3. Draft three personalized cold outreach emails
4. Build a basic financial model
5. Prepare answers to common investor questions