Fundraising isn’t something you wing over coffee with a deck and a dream. The best raises are planned well before the first investor meeting is even on the calendar. It’s about being sharp on your numbers, clear on your strategy, and ready to show why now is the time to bet on you. And as you put yourself through the process, you gain deeper insights into your business, align your management team, and even identify potential vulnerabilities. Here’s a comprehensive list of to

At an avg. ~27K startups get registered every year under the govt.'s scheme of Startup India. In comparison, an avg. of ~1,750 startups raised seed funding p.a. in the last 3 years. Between these 2 numbers lies a universe of decision making, timing and effort. The fact is, fundraising is a full-time job. Convincing new ones and negotiating with the interested ones will take up all of your productive time. Which means that you can’t spend months and months searching for an i

Here’s the deal: On one side, we have the younger generation championing startups that disrupt industries and make it large. And on the other side, we have veterans glaring with shock at the massive amounts of cash these startups burn in pursuit of growth, coupled with the lofty valuations they command. This leaves many founders wondering, when should startups aim to break even? is it standard practice for them to burn cash during their early stages, or should they strive for

Now that you know about when to raise and how much to raise, the next natural question is how much stakes should you dilute or retain for that matter. Your intuitive mind might say that this is an outcome of how much you are raising and your valuation, but the truth is that more often than not it is the other way round - valuation is the outcome of how much you raise and how much you dilute. Therefore, it is imperative for founders to decide how much stakes they must retain a