Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Enrico Palmerino, CEO of Botkeeper.com. Botkeeper makes automated bookkeeping software that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to reduce cost and improve accuracy. Botkeeper recently raised $4.5 million of seed funding in a deal led by Ignition Venture Partners with participation from Bridge Boys, Dolik Ventures, 500 Startups, Correlation Ventures, US Investment Partners, Yozell Associates and 7 angel investors. In this tip-filled episode, Enrico talks about "getting vulnerable" with VCs, how to signal interest and create FOMO among investors, questions to ask to find out what VCs are really looking for, how to control the timeline during fundraising, the importance of finding a deal champion, and so much more.

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