The Six Secrets of Raising Capital

Introduction

I learned the lessons contained in this book during fifteen years of raising start-up capital for a variety of new businesses, in a number of countries, and I did so largely through trial and error. I completed thousands of investor presentations, hundreds of follow-up meetings, countless scores of due-diligence exercises, many term sheet negotiations, and dozens of successful closings with angel investors, venture capital firms, private equity funds, hedge funds, strategic investors, large commercial banks, and public market offerings. I have compressed fifteen years of capital-raising lessons into the pages of this slender book. If you study this book, you will raise your start-up capital. More importantly, you can then spend your ...