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How Verustruct Raised a $2.3M Pre-Seed to Automate Construction
How Verustruct Raised a $2.3M Pre-Seed to Automate Construction

An interview with Nick Callegari, founder of Verustruct , on the realities of raising a pre-seed round: the slow start, the tactical pivots, and the single warm intro that changed everything.

By Shaun Gold| January 1, 2020
How This Startup Is Raising $1.5M To Build an AI Companion for Physicians
How This Startup Is Raising $1.5M To Build an AI Companion for Physicians

An interview with Emmanuel Henry-Ajudua and Justin Goolcharan, co-founders of Medical Student AI, on building for a problem they live every day, turning investor rejections into a product roadmap, and why a $30K check from the right person was worth more than $10 million from the wrong one.

By Shaun Gold| January 1, 2020
How FOMO.ai Raised $2.2M To Replace Marketing Agencies with AI
How FOMO.ai Raised $2.2M To Replace Marketing Agencies with AI

An interview with Dax Hamman, co-founder of FOMO.ai, on raising entirely through SAFE notes, why getting fast rejections is a strategy, and the concept of building gravitational pull around your company.

By Shaun Gold| January 1, 2020