How We CLOSED OUR PRE-SEED ROUND and raised $1 MILLION (!!)

How We CLOSED OUR PRE-SEED ROUND and raised $1 MILLION (!!) | First-time Startup Founder

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Жыл бұрын

This might be the most exciting video I've had a privilege of recording in 2022! We closed our pre-seed round for Rella (!!) With only 2% of female founders being venture backed, I find this a bit more exciting. I am so proud of our team. Join us on your journey. And thank you to Squarespace for sponsoring this video. Get 10% off your first purchase using code NATALIEBARBU or go to squarespace.com/nataliebarbu
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@Jhon.Ardila Жыл бұрын

Next video elaborate how the money flows. For example when an investor hands you a $100K check, what does it specifically fund or where is it deposited? How are those things agreed upon and determined?Things like that

@joinlinka 5 ай бұрын

Yes please, would love a video on this.

@RoZaxTheGreat Ай бұрын

@@joinlinka before you raise you already have your projections and financials planned out. unlikely you'll fundraise without it

@SamanthaJayne101 Жыл бұрын

This was such a great video Natalie! It was so informative. I would love a series on this and maybe even more into your team, what everyone’s role is and how you all came together ❤

@Keli Жыл бұрын

Yay congratulations Natalie! Been following you and your journey for a while! I've learned so much from your videos and recent webinars and I'm so excited for you and Rella!

@OduFood 3 ай бұрын

I am a founder and we are building an AgriFintech business in Nigeria and indeed Africa. Our aim is to help our small holding farming community to get funding for their agricultural project to help solve the global food crisis.

@JustineMfulama Жыл бұрын

Congrats on raising money. Excited to see how things go next year!

@Howardkinga Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insight Natalie! Going through it right now as a Founder for a SaaS - the rejections are real! But definitely more motivated now with your insights! Merci!

@savalasn1 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video, it was really needed! I just started my pre-seed round last week. Congrats on your success, I'll be cheering for your success!

@AlexeiPetrovykh Жыл бұрын

Great story, Natalie! Thanks for sharing! Wishing you all the best with Rella!

@mattyjmogul 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this Natalie! I am 53 amd this is BY FAR the best breakdown video I have scene ( intended.) I know this word is overused but the true authenticity and honesty and not super polished is what makes this awesome 7 super helpful & inspiring IMHO. Learned a crap ton& yes PLEASE make more videos on the process & subsequent rounds/growth...

@chrisgudiel1 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on the huge milestone 🎊 Think a cool follow up to this video would be introducing the team along with the actual pitch you gave to investors. I can relate to the mental challenges, especially when doubt starts to creep in. Making it this far proves that you have what it takes to come out on top. Keep your head up, don't let the crown tilt.

@abbiedelores Жыл бұрын

Wow, this is incredible!! Congratulations! One thing that I learned from working at a start-up is 'no' just means later :)

@NatalieBarbu Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@emmaltparker Жыл бұрын

Look Natalie I was watching this while goal setting for 2023 and when you got to the fast forward part I thought I clicked the wrong button and my laptop had broke! Love your content as always

@PheedyUmar 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. I am a founder myself and I’m so overwhelmed and confused as to what to do so I’m glad I came across this video

@ashimaadventures Жыл бұрын

Really excited for this video! I’m a startup founder and have gone through the gambit of accelerators. Would love to know how you assessed which investors would be good partners + how you got introductions to them! Excited to listen to the video and podcast

@Jibril_Abdulkadir Жыл бұрын

That’s amazing congrats on that achievement many more to come for your start up in the new year 🥰🤩🤩

@cg.visuals7 3 ай бұрын

go girl! I'm from NC as well. Just started a visuals company and found your video super informative! Congrats on your venture!

@OduFood 3 ай бұрын

This is so helpful and it is an amazing one. Please can I see the deck ?? What was the equity you had to give up for the funds you raised ?

@BallyBoy95 18 күн бұрын

Appreciate sharing the wisdom. I really needed that reminder that its can get better. Seed Rounds sure are rough. I tried my best to get away doing everything but the website because I'm a bit of a luddite. But you've helped remind me of the obvious. No getting around a website in today's modern day and age. Shall get to planning and sorting it out stat.

@GabryelleMck 9 ай бұрын

This was so good, transparent and useful thanks for this

@Shedrah Жыл бұрын

Hey Natalie, I had much fun listening to you, and it was helpful as well. Thank you! We are building a marketplace, and we are in a very early stage. I wonder if you needed a business plan for raising the money or if your pitch deck was enough? I would appreciate for the answer

@streetcred9585 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Deep insight I love it. Thank you

@albertooo880 9 ай бұрын

This was a great video!! I’m currently a founder creating my first product so this really helped!

@bmamba4777 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the insight Natalie!

@izzyherman Жыл бұрын

congratulations!!🎉🎉

@user-cz2pm7dq7s Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much honey, so insightful!

@pierangelocalanna7727 6 ай бұрын

Awesome and insightful video!

@davidmputu Жыл бұрын

Congrats!

@Silver_Dam 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Did you had a working product before searching for investors ?

@wytespace380 Жыл бұрын

Hey Natalie, How did you do your valuation in order to determine the terms from your side. I am in the Angel round, pre-seed. A valuation would help determine our terms as we have our first offer on the table and have been asked to send a term sheet and valuation

@bevywood Жыл бұрын

So proud of you Natalie!! I have watched you grow on KZfaq for over 4 years now and it’s so inspiring to see where you are now. Huge congrats on this milestone!!

@FactNight Жыл бұрын

Where are you from?

@emblue1901 Жыл бұрын

wonderful, woohoo, congrats!

@adrianajimenez5382 5 ай бұрын

Love this. Would love to hear how yo came up or decided the name for your business

@anisaanorve Жыл бұрын

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

@Ronalexandernyc 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for the information.

@upfulsoul826 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you progressing with your start up. It's extremely hard to get funding. You should be proud. I hope you can secure a next round of funding too. I'll checkout your pod.

@michaela3874 Жыл бұрын

Impressive! Congrats 🎉🎉

@Isapleasuretohaveinclass Жыл бұрын

This is so helpful!

@starring709 11 ай бұрын

Hey! I loved your video. I learnt a lot. I am an entrepreneur, can you tell me about how you found your first hires?

@andriifartushnyi3029 2 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing ❤

@waifusrecap Жыл бұрын

Its really hard to find an Investor for pre-seed round if you dont have connections, when you say that, I felt that. for real. But yeah, thanks for sharing ideas. Its just you need to move and go somewhere, where investors are there and make a connections if you dont have one.

@rocketgamer7960 7 ай бұрын

looking at this a year later is very inspiring!!!

@thekristineway Жыл бұрын

woohoo! my bf is in the startup world so i know this means a lot!!

@cocomarineblu993 Жыл бұрын

This was so informational.

@michaelmullings 2 ай бұрын

so how much equaity you gave up and what your valuation ?

@marketinghaks Жыл бұрын

Can you share on how you collected email base and maybe you used any of existing ?

@MayaUndefined Ай бұрын

insightful thanks

@YourMom-uh8sm Жыл бұрын

This is awesome, congratulations. Just out of curiosity when are you going to do the Q&A?

@NatalieBarbu Жыл бұрын

Which q+a?

@YourMom-uh8sm Жыл бұрын

@@NatalieBarbu a couple days ago on IG you asked for Q&A questions for later this week. Unless I'm confused

@fabianpetrescu 11 ай бұрын

how much equity did you guys end up giving out after raising $1M?

@KykykyTPTP 11 ай бұрын

So insightful 🙏

@misscasss Жыл бұрын

That’s incredible 🎉🎉🎉🎉 how much time a day on average would you say you spent on fundraising? We are doing it part time only (couple hours a day or so) and it’s never ending 😂😂

@NatalieBarbu Жыл бұрын

Oh gosh so many. It is a full time job. I was the only one doing it though out of the founding team so thankfully the product could continue to grow.

@RoZaxTheGreat Ай бұрын

Where did you find their emails??

@nipuniperera9822 Жыл бұрын

Yes please share how to pitch

@snippetsofpam184 Жыл бұрын

im interested in more videos!

@tyronicabunch5210 3 ай бұрын

how did you find these investors?

@SoloDistrictRecords 16 күн бұрын

Right!

@minayuan2183 Жыл бұрын

congrats！

@PortmannInternational Жыл бұрын

Congratulations

@TeenyWeeny 6 ай бұрын

Did the investors know about your personal brand? i.e. followers/subs, etc. to evaluate you as a founder before they invested?

@NatalieBarbu 6 ай бұрын

They knew about it + knew numbers. I think it made me have founder-market fit for sure and was a huge selling point.

@ad2220 8 ай бұрын

One investor or a number for investors invested for 1mn totally?

@lsaiahflores Жыл бұрын

great vid super informative - Im a data analyst building a roommate matching application to help people find an ideal roommate based on criteria on like whether you enjoy hosting guests or thermostat preferences 👍

@clearthinking5441 8 ай бұрын

How much equity did you give away for 1M?

@cocomarineblu993 Жыл бұрын

This Uber code doesn’t work

@DavidePena_DFO 3 ай бұрын

you should always raise, better you lose some equities than you lose time... Time is more than money IS LIFE!

@grahanatha8184 10 ай бұрын

Actual content starts about 8:00

@ChrisAdval 6 ай бұрын

I can't give specifics but I want to create product for pet owners that travel.

@sangwoohan1177 Жыл бұрын

Are you going to start hiring developers one day?

@NatalieBarbu Жыл бұрын

I have 2 technical cofounders and one additional developer. We’re staying lean for now but will need to hire a senior developer later this year.

@davidsimeoncole 11 ай бұрын

How about link the actual podcast next time have me searching for 5 minutes. I ain’t subscribing for that

@davidparnell4675 Жыл бұрын

Third

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@Trentkozman 10 ай бұрын

Thanks dude! for keeping us financially Educated! Regardless of how Bad it gets or the economy, I still make over $22,000 every single week.

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@mittaldevansh96 9 ай бұрын

Hey @Natalie, could you please share the template you used as a Cold outreach pro! Really interested in seeing your Cold outreach email because 25% reply rate would be amazing!

@RoZaxTheGreat Ай бұрын

also where did she find their emails??