P309 - How to raise venture capital, with Cristina Fonseca, Founder, Venture Partner, Indico Capital

VC money should be raised when a company is ready to accelerate:
At seed stage sell the dream, at Series A sell the growth, at
Series B show the spreadsheet.


Cristina Fonseca, co-founder of Portugal’s Talkdesk, angel
investor and Venture Partner at Indico Capital shares her
fundraising experiences with Stephen Millard at Notion Capital,
as part of Notion’s Pain of Scale podcast programme.


Highlights:


Securing the “right type of investors” is critical to startup
success.

At Seed you are selling the dream, at Series A selling the
growth and at Series B showing the spreadsheet!

Don’t go chasing unicorns.
More:
https://notion.vc/resources/how-to-raise-venture-capital-with-cristina-fonseca/