21 Resources for Funding Your Startup

August 27, 2022

Funding your startup is challenging - I want to make it easier.

A couple of months ago, I tweeted this thread on fundraising:

 FOUNDERS

Fundraising is hard, let's make it a little easier

Here are 21 resources for funding your company

- Investor databases

- Non-dilutive funding

- Cold outreach guidelines

- Pitch deck help

Take a look 👇— Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) June 8, 2022 

It went bonkers, with 150,000 people viewing it 🤯

The problem? It's difficult to find and bookmark threads on Twitter. So here we are, with a blog post aggregating all of the resources.

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Angel Directory by First Round Capital

This resource lets you search by:

  • Name

  • Location

  • Support areas

  • Check size

  • Company stages

  • Categories

Signal by nfx

This funding resource includes :

  • Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B

  • Investors by location

  • Angels, scouts, and solo-capitalists

  • 80 different categories

This funding resource includes:

  • Name and organization

  • Description and job title

  • Investment stage

  • Twitter profile

  • Number of investments + exits

This funding resource includes:

  • Airtable database

  • 300 investors

  • No contact info included (Find emails with https://hunter.io or Twitter DM)

OpenVC by Steph Nass

This funding resource includes:

  • Target countries

  • Check size

  • Funding stage

  • Funding requirements

Active Investors by Hustle Fund

 OK, real talk--who is ACTUALLY actively writing new checks to founders these days? Respond below with:

1. Name of fund

2. Size of check

3. Stage you invest

4. How founders can engage.

In this environment of fear, founders could benefit from this roll call. GO.— Hustle Fund - APPLY for Angel Squad 8! 💛 (@HustleFundVC) May 26, 2022 

The Gen Z VC Community by Meagan Loyst

Gen Z VC is a global collective of 14,000+ Gen Z:

  • VCs

  • Founders

  • Angel investors

  • Startup enthusiasts

  • Aspiring VCs

This funding resource includes:

  • 400 investors

  • Name, email, check size, area of focus

This funding resource includes:

  • Name

  • Sectors

  • LinkedIn

  • Website

  • Crunchbase

This funding resource includes info on:

  • Grants

  • Credit cards

  • R & D tax credits

  • Revenue-based financing

  • Term loans & credit facilities

Commonapp.VC by Confluence.VC

Created by:

They help your startup get seen by a community of investors.

1,000+ Woman VCs by Christoph Janz

A list of investors worth following on Twitter

A Crowdsourced List of Fundraising Resources

The replies to the tweet below include:

  • Books

  • Blogs

  • Communities

  • People to follow

 What're the best resources for founders on how to raise venture capital?

Books, blog posts, podcasts, communities - anything that'd be helpful— Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) February 7, 2022 

  • 3.7K+ intros made between startups and investors since May 2020

  • Post intros, they've heard of 51 checks written, totaling $7 Million

Alternative Funding Options Crowdsourced by Me 😉

A few of the top replies to the tweet below:

 What are the alternative funding options for founders outside of raising venture capital?— Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) April 18, 2022 

This Medium article includes a ton of resources for funding your startup including:

  • Crowdfunding

  • Angel Investors

  • Grants

  • Small Bank Loans

  • Pitch Competitions

And more!

For Better Cold Emails to Raise Funding

This thread below by Sahil Bloom for cold outreach includes details on:

  • High-conversion subject line

  • Personalized opener

  • Concise pitch

  • Social proof

  • Simple closing CTA

 The formula for an effective cold startup pitch email:— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) February 11, 2022 

A Cold Email Format from Gale Wilkinson

 Use this cold email format with investors!

🤗unique connection (why the investor is a fit)

💡startup's value prop

📈traction (revenue, users, trials, growth %s, etc)

💸raise info (total amount/structure, $ committed, price if you know it)

💻link to deck

✨ask for 15 min call!— Gale Wilkinson @Vitalize (@galeforceVC) April 17, 2021 

How to Raise a Seed Round by Elizabeth Yin

This funding resource includes:

  • Strategy

  • Preparation

  • Meeting with and closing investors

Pitch Deck Hunt by Maximilian Fleitmann

This funding resource includes decks from:

  • Shopify

  • AirBnb

  • Uber

  • Coinbase

And many more!

Inspiration from Mac Conwell

Mac, the Managing Partner at Rarebreed Ventures, took 1,128 meetings to raise the first $3M for his fund.

In his Medium article, he shares just how he did it.

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