Ramamurthy: Closing my seed round took 8 months, 85 meetings, 30 checks
Aarthi Ramamurthy · Hot takes and techno-optimism from tech’s top power couple | Sriram and Aarthi · Mar 12, 2023 · at 52:42
Aarthi Ramamurthy, founder and product leader, discusses her initial struggles with fundraising and imposter syndrome as a first-time founder.
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“I emailed, like, two 50 founders, took 85 meetings, and, like, fifty-plus second meetings, and then got, like, 30 checks. Like, this was, like, my seed round, which took, like, eight months to close or something”
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