Nathan Beckord

CEO & Founder, Foundersuite · 1 appearance on the record.

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Nathan Beckord is the founder and CEO of Foundersuite and FundingStack, software platforms offering investor databases and pitch-deck hosting for startups and venture funds. He also hosts the How I Raised It podcast, interviewing founders on strategies for securing early-stage funding.

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Beckord: 70% of successfully funded founders win through scrappiness over pedigree

“I'd say, making up numbers here, but probably 30% of the successfully funded folks had just such an awesome background and track record. Like, they had worked, you know, as number five at a Scaling growth company before, and now they're going off and doing the…”

Nathan Beckord Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 6:02 The early-stage fundraising playbook—here's how to raise your first few rounds. | Nathan Beckord,... · PMF Show

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Beckord: Active fundraising is a 12-hour-a-day job requiring full devotion

“My preference and the thing I have seen work pretty well, I think when you're not, you know, I do like the concept of flip, this concept of flipping the switch. We're either fundraising or not, right? We're either on or not because you need to really devote, y…”

Nathan Beckord Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 26:21 The early-stage fundraising playbook—here's how to raise your first few rounds. | Nathan Beckord,... · PMF Show

Insight

Beckord: Decline off-cycle VC meetings and send them email updates instead

“What I would do is kind of passively collect these investors, even the inbound ones that, you know, say they want to get to know you like, hey, we're not taking meetings right now, but I'd love to I'm going to add you to my CRM. If you're cool with that, I'm g…”

Nathan Beckord Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 27:12 The early-stage fundraising playbook—here's how to raise your first few rounds. | Nathan Beckord,... · PMF Show

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Beckord: Isabel Kenyon limited investor technical diligence to three specific dates

“There's one, Isabel Kenyon, I believe her name was, that ran such a tight process That is really fascinating. Like, it was just surgical, right? The way she had lined up investors, had an extremely tight time, timeline, time frame, was able to get everyone mov…”

Nathan Beckord Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 3:20 The early-stage fundraising playbook—here's how to raise your first few rounds. | Nathan Beckord,... · PMF Show

Disclosure

Beckord: Early-stage founders must target 200 to 300 prospective investors

“I usually counsel the founders like on our platform to, you know, have at least a hundred, probably more like two or even 300 target investors.”

Nathan Beckord Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 10:42 The early-stage fundraising playbook—here's how to raise your first few rounds. | Nathan Beckord,... · PMF Show

Insight

Beckord: Pitch lower-tier investors before approaching your dream VCs

“Go and get some practice pitches in with your third tier, maybe even second tier and work your way to number one, because you know, those first few pitches are probably gonna be a little rough. You just might not anticipate some of the questions they're going …”

Nathan Beckord Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 18:58 The early-stage fundraising playbook—here's how to raise your first few rounds. | Nathan Beckord,... · PMF Show

Insight

Beckord: The best VC intros come from founders who made them money

“Your best, best intro is someone that's made the money. Maybe second best is, is someone they've done deals with in the past, you know trade deals. Maybe it's an angel that's fed some deals to the, a VC or vice versa or whatever. Third best is I would say some…”

Nathan Beckord Jan 23, 2025 ▶ 17:30 The early-stage fundraising playbook—here's how to raise your first few rounds. | Nathan Beckord,... · PMF Show

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Episode	Date	Speaking time
The early-stage fundraising playbook—here's how to raise your first few rounds. \| Nathan B	Jan 23, 2025	16m

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