How to find investors for your startup

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This process is all about connections, it’s all about your network. It’s NOT cold selling.

So here’s a little summary showing how to approach this.

People you know.
People you know.
Friends of your investors
Conferences and events.
Submit a deck form.
Twitter.
Cold emailing.

As you can see, cold emailing investors is an absolute, absolute last resort. I get so many founders frustrated by how their cold emails are not working, and the truth is, they won’t work.

Raising money from investors you cold emailed is extremely unlikely. Not impossible, though, and I know a tip or two. But we’ll get there.

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0:00 How to find investors
1:24 How to find investors - Friends and Family (and Fools)
3:46 How to find investors - Getting connected
8:12 How to find investors - Requesting intros
11:30 How to find investors - Conferences and events
13:05 How to find investors - Submitting your pitch deck
14:21 How to find investors - Twitter
15:40 How to find investors - Cold Emails

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[megatahmadnajmi]

One of the most honest startup advice seen on YouTube. It flows naturally.

[daniellemclean]

Yall r raising the bar for these startup youtubers and I'm so here for it! Love all the new creativity so much

[deanjordan]

Since I started watching, the quality has gone up so much, and I find the topics more relevant to what I’m interested in, this is great!

[johnl.]

Our startup raised money by recruiting a connected VP of Sales of a big bank to become President. He eventually ran the business into the ground (bloated salaries/consultants, questionable hiring of friends….) but did raise for us a couple million many years ago which honestly us just out of a not great college might not be able to do ourselves.

[xilencered]

Best advice for any beginner entrepreneur work and save money, start small, you dont need to be instantly profitable. Bringing in investors or partners isnt worth the risk or time in my experience. No one is ever going to believe or work as hard as you for free. Start with friends and family in small amounts if you really need to. If you can get thru the first year and become profitable, the investor risks are lower, investments and loans are better, and you give up less equity. I can see the potential, I believe in our projections. Now I am not sure if I even want investors.

[moumous]

Best channel for startuppers ever. Thank you!

[sirjareq]

This video is for startups in every possible stage of raising money. You know how to show wide perspective.

[nityC]

I Love you start fresh as if you reboot to pre-seed

[vareesbasha]

Thumbnail say's all !!! literally every founder's initial story

[JeremyPickett]

Caya, this is all solid advice, not just for investment pitches--i.e. raising capital--but solid advice for almost any endeavor. Like, don't send your deck without permission is correlate-able to don't send your screenplay without permission :D Lastly, lookin' pretty dapper my friend. The jacket is fly.

[kidzeus]

Remember that a startup is a business so don’t seek investors unless you REALLY have to. Bootstrap as much as you can and just focus on creative ways to get your startup to make money/gain traction.

[radikaly]

Agreed, cold emails should be buried at the bottom of your toolbox. Try to put a price tag of $50/$100 per outgoing email, and spending time building a network will look cheap again. Also, 11:39... UK Airbnb without Marmite for breakfast???

[henrytheuri]

You channel is the ultimate guide to everyone who wants to build a startup me included ofcourse 😅

[justinrivera]

Been following you for years on here and I gotta say. This may be the most well timed video you've ever posted with where we're at about to launch our MVP. Hands down best channel for first time entrepreneurs that are looking to learn about all the aspects of a business!

Hey caya - who dont you pivot to a connector- broker?. Match starts to investors and charge 5% from both sides if deal clicks?

[m-bd]

So you can't just email investors without someone else you both know to verify?

[ArmandSterbend]

I'm curious, why did you go to the UK instead to go to the US for investment?

[narcisussstoicone]

The next video should be about how to get an idea off the ground with no tech skills, no team, no real money, no network, just stoic you and your idea and your prototype and your fear of being suckerberged like Saverin or Winklevoss's.

[twentyIncorp]

What's going on with your website brother?? Trying to log into the investor finder, getting site errors.

[unnecessaryaddition]

Hey, is it possible for a foreign startup to seek funding form investors online ?