Funded | How They Raised Millions
Episodes
From YC darling to fundraising powerhouse (Vanta / Christina Cacioppo - Ep10)
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the three years between her graduation from Y-Combinator to her splashy $50MM Series A raise from Sequoia, Christina Cacioppo and her company Vant...
Funded Season 2 Trailer
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Funded Season 2 launches on July 27, 2021. Listen for a sneak preview into what to expect in this exciting new season.
Acting like a master fundraiser (Yac / Justin Mitchell - Ep08)
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Before starting Yac, Justin Mitchell had zero network in venture capital, didn’t know the insider terms, and was based out of small town Florida. No...
Confidence is KEY...I think? (Sora / Laura Del Beccaro - Ep07)
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Del Beccaro, the Founder of Sora, looks like the most VC-backable, first time founder ever. She went to a top university, was a software enginee...
F&F Round: 2020 Funding Trends with Russ Heddleston of DocSend (FF01)
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is Funded's first ever Friends & Family Round! With so many listeners asking questions about things they hear in episodes or about the fundraisin...
The Secret Science of Fundraising (Part 2 of 2 - Levels / Sam Corcos - Ep06)
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From the start of our conversation with Sam Corcos from Levels, it was obvious there was too much sauce for just one episode. In this second half of o...
The Secret Science of Fundraising (Part 1 of 2 - Levels / Sam Corcos - Ep05)
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Much like the "secret master plan" for his company Levels, Sam Corcos openly talks about what he was able to decipher when it comes to the science of ...
From rags to riches (Goodfair / Topper Luciani - Ep04 )
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever heard the advice “dress for the job you want not the one you have”? For Topper Luciani, that was tough advice to follow because it m...
A different type of funding and a different type of "no" (Bite / Lindsay McCormick - Ep03)
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay McCormick, founder of Bite Toothpaste Bits, wants you to know there are alternatives to taking venture capital. She created a multimillion dol...
How to tell a story worth $140 million dollars (Zumper / Anthemos Georgiades Ep01)
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anthemos Georgiades, founder of Zumper, perfected his pitch the way most founders do: through trial and error. This show is about storytelling and all...
Sex sells, but does it raise money? (Coral / Isharna Walsh - Ep02 )
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Investors like patterns. They’re either explicitly or subconsciously motivated to back businesses that look, sound, or feel familiar and comfortable...
Coming Soon: Funded
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming this December, Funded features some of the entrepreneurs you’ve always admired telling a story you haven’t heard before — how they raised...