Produced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Thomas Fairey of Stakester.com, a platform that users to play online games and compete for money and prizes. In this episode, Thomas talks about how pitching is a performance, how fundraising can be done as a formulaic sales process, how he automated a lot of his outreach and follow up, how the intent of the first contact is not to invest but to have a conversation, and much more. He also shares his exact script for doing cold emails to investors. The Company raised 3.1 million pounds (about $4M U.S.) from a variety of angels as well as VC firms RTP Global and GFR Fund. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $3 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at https:/www.foundersuite.com/

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