Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Matthew Klein, CEO of Backbone PLM (www.backboneplm.com). Backbone makes software that helps consumer goods companies manage complex design and product development processes. The Company recently raised raised $8 million of Series A2 venture funding led by Signal Peak Ventures with participation from Grotech Ventures, Spider Capital, Novel TMT Ventures, Beanstalk Ventures, Brainchild Holdings and Peterson Ventures. In this episode, Matthew talks about how to use the "pre-emptive round strategy" to get a deal done quickly, what to focus on in your pitch deck, raising capital from investors who are also customers, the Boulder CO startup scene, and much more.

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