Produced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with Justine Palefsky and Tas Amina of Kindred (www.livekindred.com), a members-only home exchange platform. In this episode, Justine and Tas talk about how they spent time doing "founder dating" before committing to starting Kindred, how they raised capital from various strategic angels such as Elad Gil, Rohan Seth, Eric Wu, Payal Kadakia and Adena Hefets, how the venture market is changing and getting more challenging, and much more. Kindred has raised $7.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Caffeinated Capital and angel investors such as Elad Gil, Opendoor CEO and co-founder Eric Wu, ClassPass founder Payal Kadakia, Clubhouse co-founder and CTO Rohan Seth and Adena Hefets, co-founder and CEO, Divvy Homes. 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 www.foundersuite.com.

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