One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned about fundraising is one I learned quickly during this last round: investors want to see more than good numbers. Compared to a seed round, investors are looking for more documents, proof of traction, and a compelling pitch deck in a Series A.

Our investment strategy goes beyond tackling issues of demographics and diversity in the startup world. In our careers, we’ve learned that startups tend to make a lot of mistakes at the very earliest stages, but those mistakes don’t always manifest until a couple years later.

Read our Q&A with Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson on building VC Include and the VCI Fellowship to support women and BIPOC emerging managers in the Impact Investment and VC space globally.

Read our Q&A with Flo Crivello, founder and CEO of Teamflow, on how he was able to run an efficient seed round fundraising process using DocSend.

Esther Crawford, co-founder and CEO of Squad, shares her story of building and growing her startup for four years then choosing to sell it to Twitter instead of raising a Series A.

We did a little investigating into the decks that came into the DocSend Fundraising Network during Q3. Let’s find out a little bit more about what kinds of teams have been raising money, where they’re from, and what kinds of spaces they’re innovating in.

Fundraising in 2020 has been tough for many founders. Read Brent Franson's story and process of how he successfully raised a seed round for Most Days, during the pandemic.

Q&A with Jason Yeh, Founder and Host of the Funded podcast, on why fundraising stories are important for the startup ecosystem.