From pitch deck to product readiness, early-stage founders have to navigate lots of uncertain variables when seeking investor funding. Youri Doeleman, Partner at global VC firm Antler, shares advice on how startup founders can position themselves to succeed on the fundraising trail.

When analyzing thousands of pitch decks, we get many startup fundraising questions about the structure of a deck, investor outreach strategy, and more. Fortunately, we have strong insights and data to share in response to many of these frequently asked questions.

We are distribution-focused, which means we help the founders we partner with on developing strategies and experiments around building community and content. Here's how we raised $1.625M for our first fund, Behind Genius Ventures.

VCs who invest in your pre-seed round will be with you for the life of your business, so pick people you like. Here's what our data says about creating a pre-seed investor strategy.

People use different mediums to test their ideas or early stage products from Kickstarter to Product Hunt - but what about pre-company? Here's how and why Ryan Holmes is helping new ideas grow.

As a VC, you know that getting a high-quality deal flow isn’t always a walk in the park. The newly-launched DocSend Deal Flow Newsletter is here to make it a bit easier.

We've reviewed more than 2,000 Pre-seed, Seed and Series A pitch decks through the DocSend Fundraising Network. Read about some of the fundraising trends we've seen and how we plan to grow our network even further.

If you’re going to raise a pre-seed round, you need a good deck. The purpose of the pitch deck is to get you meetings with potential investors. Here's our research on what to include in your pitch deck, how VCs read it, and what it takes to raise.