Launch

Welcome + Ray Walia Intro

Investment Perspectives

Why Investors?

How does this module works?

The stages of startup funding

The importance for founders

Find out your funding stage

[Article] A Guide to Seed Fundraising

[Infographic] Visualizing the Stages of Startup Funding From Pre-Seed to IPO

[Resource] Glossary of Funding Types

[Resource] The Hacker Guide To Angel Investing

[Resource] Understanding Startup Investments

[Article] Invest in Experience or Potential?

[Article] What Founders Need to Know: You Were Funded for a Liquidity Event – Start Looking

Sources of funding

Why you need to seek more than one source?

Unexpected sources of funding

Angel Investors

[Resource] The complete guide to startup & scaleup funding in Canada

[Resource] Who’s Who In Ed Tech? Top Investors And Their Board Seats

[Video] Hacking AngelList syndicates with cofounder Naval Ravikant

[Resource] Announcing Intros for Canada: Get intros to top angels

[Article] How I raised $400,000 in two weeks, from 61 investors, through AngelList

[Article] 9 steps to finding angel investors for your business

[Article] The rise of the family office venture investor

[Resource] A quick guide to venture debt

[Resource] Venture Debt: 50+ Options for Anti-VC SaaS Founders

[Resource] Sources of Funding

[Resource] Canada’s Top Venture Capital Firms

[Resource] Canada’s Best Incubators & Accelerators

How to get started?

Why build a network?

Things to keep in mind and pitfalls to avoid

Investors are a key element

The Art of Valuation

How to do investment right

[Article] What’s the FIRST thing you need to do before fund raising?

[Article] 9 steps to finding angel investors for your business

[Article] “Ask for money, get advice. Ask for advice, get money twice”.

[Article] Raising Venture Capital

[Resource] Raising Capital: This is the Advice We Give Our Founders

[Resource] Demystifying the Six Documents You Will See When Raising Venture Capital

[Article] How Many Investors Should You Talk to in a VC Fund Raise? And How Do You Prioritize?

[Article] What Should You Send a VC Before Your Meeting?

[Resource] Term Sheets 101: A beginner’s guide to VC term sheets

[Resource] Cap Tables 101: The Startup’s Guide to Cap Table Management

[Article] Some Advice Before You Hit the Fund Raising Trail

[Article] How Long It Takes To Raise Capital For A Startup

[Article] Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get

What is a pitch really?

Why is it important to pitch?

How should founders prepare their pitch?

Why is a pitch not one pitch?!

What are some of the best pitch tips?

The core skill that every entrepreneur must master

It's the market, stupid!

Master Public Speaking

Be Ready for Everything

[Article] The Art of the Pitch

[Resource] The Quick and Dirty Guide to Creating a Winning Pitch Deck

[Resource] Silicon Valley Legend Creates Pitch Deck Template For Entrepreneurs

[Article] The Only 10 Slides You Need in Your Pitch

[Resource] 18 Pitching Essentials: How to Pitch an Idea to Investors (and Early Customers)

[Resource] 30 Legendary Startup Pitch Decks And What You Can Learn From Them

[Video] Tell us about the resources available through this module

[Video] Final words from Ray

[Resource] List of Startup Funding Tools & Resources