Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Johnny Reinsch of Qwil.co. Qwil makes an independent contractor management platform designed to empower freelancers with the financial services they need to thrive. Qwil recently raised a $5 million Series A led by Mosaik Partners with participation from NextGen, Reciprocal, 500 Startups, Cantos Ventures, Ranch.vc and Silicon Valley Bank. Qwil also raised a $102 million debt financing from Route 66 Ventures. Previous investors include Plug & Play Tech Center. In this episode Johnny talks about leveraging the FinTech track at 500 Startups, maximizing your warm intros, doing the "Sand Hill Shuffle," raising a large ($100M+) debt round, and much more.

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