Raising your first round? Know the deal terms first
Learn how to choose investors, size your round, understand dilution and navigate term sheets in simple language, based on 10+ years of experience in M&A and capital raises working with founders and investors.
Start with your biggest fundraising question
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Should I even raise?
FREE Fund or Fold eBook
19 chapters on when to raise, when to bootstrap and when to walk away.
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Startup Fundraising Calculators
See your dilution, test your valuation and check what a SAFE will cost you before you sign.
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The RaiseFluent Kit
7 modules that take you from “should I raise?” to money in the bank, with templates, scripts and models for every stage.
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Hi, I'm Mohit
At 19, after every online side hustle I tried had failed, I bought a domain for $50 and sold it a week later for $450. That deal taught me that value is what the right buyer sees that the seller can't. It became 10+ years of deals: domain brokerage, website sales, then M&A and capital raises as Founder and CEO of InstaFlip®. RaiseFluent turns that deal experience into the eBook, calculators and Kit I wish every first-time founder had before their first negotiation.
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RaiseFluent Kit: an execution system for your first raise
A step-by-step system with the investor lists, outreach scripts, deal decoder and negotiation playbook to run every stage, from first email to signed term sheet.
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Startup fundraising questions, answered
Raise when money would speed up something that already works. If you still need to prove customers want your product, focus on that evidence first. Chapter 3 of the free eBook walks you through the decision.
Many seed rounds sell around 15% to 25% of the company, but the right number depends on how much you need to reach your next milestone. Try the free dilution calculator to see your own numbers.
Pre-money is what your company is worth before the new investment. Post-money is the pre-money value plus the money invested. Your investor's ownership equals their investment divided by the post-money valuation.
No. Everything here is educational. For your actual documents, work with a qualified startup lawyer and accountant.