Beat the Bear: Raising Funds in a Challenging Landscape
summary
VCs behave like cautious first‑time parents not meritocratic angels: expect 90% fail math, hyper‑short deck reads and relentless due diligence. Stack‑rank targets, send your deck to low‑priority VCs first to gather feedback, push real traction metrics (don’t fake them) and hunt warm intros at the right events. Prepare for legal delays, costly wiring and negotiation overhead, and build a playable prototype — Mystic Games ships Call of the Void on iOS and Android — then iterate until you trigger FOMO.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Fundraising in tough times
- 1:08Who should attend
- 2:32What VC funding means
- 4:17VC funding myths
- 5:42How VCs review pitch decks
- 7:07VC funding hidden rules
- 9:11Metrics and FOMO
- 10:16Events and warm intros
- 11:19Closing a VC round
- 12:23Support network
- 13:05Prototyping and launch
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