From the course: Getting to Yes: Advice for Female Founders on How to Get Funded
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Crunchbase for you
From the course: Getting to Yes: Advice for Female Founders on How to Get Funded
Crunchbase for you
- So another really useful tool when you're looking for funding for your company is to use something that also is free on the internet. It's called Crunchbase, and what Crunchbase will do is let you know who else in your field has been funded, companies that are similar to you or companies that are competitors. This will give you the information of who's funded the competitors so maybe you want to stay away from them, but then in the ones, companies that are similar to yours, look and find out who those investors are. So it'll list not only the amount of money that the company has raised, but who in each stage of funding has been there to fund them. So if you're at the seed stage, you'll see who at Uber, if you're doing a mobility company, has funded Uber at the seed stage. And those are very high probability people to approach. How do you get to those people? Go back to LinkedIn. Put in the name. Coastal Ventures, NAE Ventures, 1843 Capital, and see who comes up. See who you know…
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