Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Immad Akhund, CEO of Mercury.co which provides banking for startups. In this episode, Immad talks about going through Y Combinator (twice), his 6-step process for raising capital, lessons learned from making over 100 angel investments, how to sequence investor emails and how often to follow up, how to decide if your deal is "fundable" and much more. The Company most recently raised a $20 million Series A venture round led by CRV. Clocktower Technology Ventures, Dreamers VC, Liquid 2 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, CSC UpShot Ventures, Melo7 Tech Partners, Thirtyfive Ventures, Serena Ventures, and 500 Startups. Various angel investors such as Elad Gil, Naval Ravikant, Christina Brodbeck, John Bautista, Kevin Hartz and Andre Iguodala also participated in the round. This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $1.5 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com.

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