After his startup, Wedding Party, was acquired by Instacart in 2015, Ajay Kamat joined Pear VC as a Partner. His reason? “Pear VC was one of Wedding Party’s investors. After …
Scott Dudelson: MVP, Co-founders, & Raising Your Seed Round
This week, Founders Edge talked MVP, meeting a co-founder, and raising a seed round with Scott Dudelson— founder turned accelerator mentor and angel investor. About Scott: Co-founder & former CEO of Swagbucks, $60M …
Two Components Startups Need to Secure Investment
“It’s hard to imagine any aspect of our life and economy that is not open to entrepreneurial innovation, transformation or disruption.” Bill Reichert, Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, believes …
Marlon Nichols on predicting consumer behavior trends to determine investments
Marlon Nichol’s investment firm is doing something very unique— they conduct cultural trend analysis to determine which startups to invest in. Founders Network was thrilled to host Marlon of Cross Culture …
How to Protect Your Cap Table: Investor Take
We sat one VP, two VC’s, a lawyer, two founders and a banker down on a couch and called it The Path to Payday, our Spring Social. What began as a …
January News: Wonolo Raises $5.7M, Pley Acquires SparkBox & LoungeBuddy Partners with TripIt
Another big month for our 600+ tech founders here at Founders Network. Headlining this month’s newsmakers was AJ Brustein (July ’14 Cohort) who announced a $5.7M funding. Wonolo’s investors include …
December News: Rounds raised, partnerships forged and a timely toast
Across the network, we grew to 600 members who have collectively raised over $250 million. Over 4,000 posts kept the forum and its founders-only conversation at the heart of our …
10 Fundraising Tips With Howard Hartenbaum
Founders Network had the pleasure of hosting 1-1 Investor Office Hours with Forbes Midas List of Top Venture Capitalists, Howard Hartenbaum of August Capital. As an [fn]Investor, Howard has been a regular …
Louder acquired, Foundersuite funded, and more October news
Just as the month closed FN’er Colin Mutchler saw Louder acquired by Change.org. The two B Corps both focus on helping regular citizens exercise their power to promote change – Louder, with amplified …
$10M Raised, Featured on Product Hunt, and More FN Milestones this September
This month FN’er Chad Arimura announced he closed an $8M Series A round for his startup, Iron.io (via TechCrunch). Iron.io is a scalable cloud-based message queue and processing platform for building distributed …
How women entrepreneurs are raising funds against the odds
We’ve all heard the horror stories from women leaders in tech – wear a wedding ring to investor meetings. Bring a male team member to make people (read: men) in …
Rob Mancabelli & Hisham Anwar Raise $33M for Brightbytes: July ’15 Member News
From acquisition to athlete wearables to a $33 million funding round, Founders Network members made tech startup headlines this month: Rob Mancabelli & Hisham Anwar‘s startup BrightBytes raises $33M in funding (via …
Ty Walrod Raises $1.75M for Bright Funds: June ’15 Member News
Check out Founders Network members making tech startup news headlines in this month’s member news roundup: Ty Walrod‘s startup Bright Funds raises $1.75M in funding (via pehub.com). Bright Funds is the …
6 moves to nail before you pitch
An impressive list of institutional and angel investors advised Founders Network members over the last year: VCs Howard Hartenbaum from August Capital, Annie Kadavy of Charles River Ventures and Noah …
11 Tips on How to Start a Business while having Student Loans
The following is a guest post from fnBlog Contributor James Karnezis, Operations at Credible. After graduating from college all the doors are open to start your own venture, however there is …