Season 2, Episode 2: Raising a Seed Round with Against Gravity CEO Nick Fajt

We launch mini-series on Acquired with a subject near & dear
to our heroes’ hearts: startup fundraising! This has been one of
our most-requested new topics, and we’re excited to kick things
off with makers of the popular Rec Room social VR app, Against
Gravity, which raised one of Seattle’s hottest venture rounds in
recent history: a $4m seed led by Sequoia Capital in 2016. CEO
Nick Fajt joins to tell the story from company inception to
building and shipping the initial product, fundraising as a
first-time CEO, what they’ve been able to accomplish with the
capital and their vision for the future. We had a blast touching
on many classic Acquired themes for the first time “in-action”
with a young, growing company, and hope you all enjoy the
discussion as much as we did. Let us know what you think in the
Slack!


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Carve Outs:


Ben:  Ready Player One

David:  Seveneves 

Nick: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild