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Fundraising Podcast
Hosted by Max Goldberg on how venture fundraising actually works - round sizes, warm intros, investor diligence, and the conversations we usually only have with paying clients. New episodes every Wednesday.
Should You Hire a Fundraising Advisor?
A famous VC blog post says 99.5% of fundraising advisors are "crooks and charlatans." We run a fundraising advisory firm - so we put the question on the table for real: the red-flag checklist, the line between finders and flat-fee advisors, and when hiring help is the right call.
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Does Cold Emailing Investors Ever Work?
Only about 10% of VC deals arrive cold from the founder. What really happens when your deck lands in an investor's inbox with no name attached — and the 90-day playbook for building warm paths when you don't know a single investor.
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How Big Should Your Round Be?
The math VCs run when you ask for money: the ownership target that sets your round size before you walk in the room, why AI companies price differently at the same stage, and the fastest way to kill a raise — copying the round sizes you read about in the news.
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Is It Harder to Raise Money in 2026 Than 5 Years Ago?
VC funding just broke every record in history — and somehow it's never been harder to raise a seed round. Both things are true. The Airtable fire sale, liquidation preferences, how much to actually raise at seed, and whether to call yourself an AI company.
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