WHERE TO FIND INVESTORS IF YOURE RAISING $$ FOR YOUR STARTUP

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The video provides actionable advice for founders seeking investment, drawing on the creator's personal experience. It breaks down the process into clear, relatable steps, making it valuable and shareable content for the target audience.

Summary

This video provides advice for founders seeking investors. The creator, who has successfully raised over $1.5 million for her fashion tech startup, suggests connecting with other founders, attending industry events and pitch competitions, and leveraging platforms like TikTok and LinkedIn to find potential investors.

Structure

1Introduction: Creator's experience raising funds
2Method 1: Connect with other founders
3Method 2: Attend investor events and pitch competitions
4Method 3: Utilize TikTok and LinkedIn

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The creator mentions using a Slack group and attending pitch competitions and meetups as ways to connect with founders and investors. She also mentions TikTok and LinkedIn as platforms where investors might be active.

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WHERE TO FIND INVESTORS IF YOURE RAISING $$ FOR YOUR STARTUP hold for 2x speed Reply to Samira Salifu's comment And how do you find the niche investors? I have a fashion tech startup too, and I'm trying to raise as well I'M A FOUNDER WHO'S RAISED OVER 1.5 MILLION FOR HER FASHION TECH STARTUP AND HERE ARE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN FIND SOME INVESTORS TO RAISE MONEY FOR YOUR COMPANY I THINK BEST PLACE TO FIND INVESTORS IS THROUGH OTHER FOUNDERS I WOULD TRY TO JOIN A COMMUNITY OF FOUNDERS WHETHER IT'S IN YOUR CITY IN YOUR INDUSTRY YOU CAN EVEN COME ON TIKTOK AND FIND FOUNDERS WHEN WE WERE STARTING OUT WE FOUNDED OUR COMPANY IN BOSTON AND WE CREATED A SLACK GROUP OF OTHER FEMALE FOUNDERS IN BOSTON I THINK WE OF THEM THROUGH LIKE MEETUPS OR YOU KNOW FRIENDS UM AND THAT SLACK GROUP BECAME A RESOURCE NOT JUST FOR INVESTORS OF OTHER THINGS HOW WE GOT INTRODUCTIONS TO INVESTORS EARLY ON THE NEXT WAY TO FIND INVESTORS IS TO GO TO EVENTS WHERE INVESTORS ARE AT WHETHER THAT'S NETWORKING EVENTS FOR FOUNDERS AND INVESTORS UM YOU KNOW STARTUP PITCH COMPETITIONS ACCELERATOR COMPETITIONS YOU HAPPY HOURS MEET THERE ARE TONS AND TONS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS WHERE INVESTORS ARE PERSON IS A REALLY GREAT WAY FOOT IN THE DOOR WE ACTUALLY FOUND ONE OF OUR FIRST ANGEL INVESTORS AT A PITCH COMPETITION BABSON COLLEGE AND THEY ARE KIND OF KNOWN FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP HAVE THESE PITCH COMPETITIONS WE SIGNED UP WE DID A PITCH WON SECOND PLACE AND WON $500 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND AFTER THE PITCH THIS INVESTOR CAME UP TO US INTRODUCED HIMSELF WE COFFEE THE NEXT WEEK AND HE BECAME ONE OF OUR FIRST ANGEL INVESTORS NOW THE LAST PLACE THAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST WE HAVE ANY UH EXPERIENCE IN THIS SAY HERE ON TIKTOK UM AND EVEN LINKEDIN I FEEL LIKE IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO MAYBE IT'S BEEN BUT I'M I'M NEW TO THIS I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF INVESTORS HAVE TIKTOKS AND KIND OF COMMENTING YOU KNOW PITCH ME UH IN MY COMMENTS TAKE A VIDEO AND TAG ME UM I FEEL LIKE TIKTOK COULD BE PLACE TO MEET INVESTORS MAYBE NOT TO BUT MAYBE TO MEET AN INVESTOR GET SOME ADVICE ADD THEM TO YOUR INVESTOR NEWSLETTER AND MAYBE SOMETHING THE FUTURE UM AGAIN WE DIDN'T DO THIS TIKTOK WAS NOT AROUND UM WHEN WE STARTED IN THE VERY EARLY DAYS UM BUT I FEEL LIKE I OF FOUNDERS ON HERE LOT OF INVESTORS ON HERE UM GIVE THAT A SHOT AS WELL

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Replying to @Samira Salifu a few places to find investors if you’re raising! #founder #startup #fashiontech #angelinvestor

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I'm a founder who's raised over 1.5 million for her fashion tech startup and here are places where you can find some investors to raise money for your company. The first and I think best place to find investors is through other founders. I would try to join a community of founders whether it's in your city, in your industry. You can even come on TikTok and find founders that way. When we were starting out, we founded our company in Boston and we created a Slack group of other female founders in Boston. I think we met a lot of them through like meetups or you know, friends of friends. Um and that Slack group became a resource not just for investors, but for a lot of other things. That is how we got introductions to investors early on. The next way to find investors is to go to events where investors are at. Whether that's networking events for founders and investors, um, you know, startup pitch competitions, accelerator competitions, you know, happy hours, meetups. There are tons and tons of opportunities and events where investors are. Meeting someone in person is a really great way to get your foot in the door. We actually found one of our first angel investors at a pitch competition. I went to Babson College and they are kind of known for entrepreneurship, so they always have these pitch competitions. We signed up, we did a pitch, won second place and won $500 or something like that. And after the pitch, this investor came up to us, introduced himself. We ended up getting coffee the next week and he became one of our first angel investors. Now the last place that I'm going to suggest we have any, uh, experience in this, but I would say here on TikTok and even LinkedIn. I feel like in the last year or so, maybe it's been, but I'm I'm new to this. I've been seeing a lot of investors have TikToks and kind of commenting, you know, pitch me, uh, in my comments or like take a video and tag me, um, I feel like TikTok could be a place to meet investors, maybe not to get a check, but maybe to meet an investor, get some advice, add them to your investor newsletter and maybe something the future. Um, again, we didn't do this. TikTok was not around, um, when we started in the very early days. Um, but I feel like I see a lot of founders on here, a lot of investors on here. Um, so I would give that a shot as well.