£10,000,000 This is what I learnt about the best founders 🚀

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The video provides valuable, actionable insights for aspiring founders on fundraising and company building, presented in a concise and engaging format. The use of a large investment figure (£10 million) and clear, numbered lessons creates intrigue and perceived authority.

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The speaker, Charlie, a venture investor, shares three key lessons learned from investing £10 million in early-stage UK companies. He emphasizes that successful founders treat fundraising as a sales process, ideally have 2-4 co-founders who deeply understand the problem they're solving, and prioritize speed and execution in bringing their product to market.

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1Introduction: Investing £10 million and learning from founders
2Lesson 1: Fundraising is a sales process
3Lesson 2: Ideal co-founder team size and experience
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My top 3 lessons from investing £10 million in 2025 into pre-seed and seed stage companies #venturecapital #2025 #startup #founder #entrepreneur

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£10,000,000 This is what I learnt about the best founders 🚀 Lesson 1 Fundraising = Sales Lesson 2 2-4 Co-Founders Lesson 3 Speed of Execution

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In 2025, I invested £10 million into early stage companies in the U.K. Hi, I'm Charlie. I'm a venture investor. These are the top three things I learn about the founders that were able to drive the most successful funding rounds. Lesson 1 Fundraising = Sales No. 1. The best founders treat fundraising like a sales process. They have a list of prospects, i.e. investors. They prioritise each one. They hustle to get introductions from their network or direct outreach. And they have a qualification framework which best qualifies the investors for their business. And finally, they follow up persistently, once every three to four days. Lesson 2 2-4 Co-Founders Two. The best companies will have two to four co-founders. Co founding teams will have a blend of technical and commercial experience. However, all of them will have lived and breathed the problem that they're trying to solve. Whether this was in a previous business or a previous job, they all have exposure to the problem they're trying to solve. Lesson 3 Speed of Execution And thirdly, speed and execution. In a world where you can spin up an MVP on Liverpool and get users interested in your product, execution and the speed in which you deliver matters more than ever. The best founders that are raising these monster rounds are executing quickly. They're getting to product market fit, getting products shipping, shipping product and getting to revenue quicker than ever before.