Hacki ng Fundraisi ng for Euro startups @dresenalexfounder kown.co

Hello, I am Alex Dresen and i know your pain

Built 5 businesses 2 exits, 3 fails Raised $2.1M from angels, EU & US vc’s Coached entrepreneurs to fundraise I am a European « nomad »

My mission is to match you with capital so you can realize your dream Startup

and create wealth for investors

alex@kown.co

« Investing is to fundraising what sex is to dating. »

MODUS OPERANDI « Oldschool »

Meet, connect & find common ground (1st date)

Build a relationship (2nd date)

Close (3rd date - sex)

1. connect

Oldschool Events Demodays Elevator picthes

2014 Twitter Facebook AngelList (Silicon valley) Kown (europe)

2. Build a relationship

3. Close

Oldschool Lawyers Long negotiations Headaches Due diligence 3-6 months Investor-driven

2014 – Angie.co/Kown.com Standard contracts No lawyers Online closing Money in the bank within weeks Founder-driven

Some personal wartime Insights

1. Due Diligence your investors

!

Ask for references

Check references

Find out how they act (when the shit hits the fan)

2. Smart money is « extremely » rare

VC’s should give less advice because they “ haven’t done shit ” “ 70% of VC’s add negative value in advising ” Vinod Khosla

3. Your time = more valuable than investors’ time

Focus on product

Focus on getting customers !

Don’t waste your time (with wannabe investors or events)

4. Understand « investors »

Get introduced through an entrepreneur they’ve backed !

Your product should be awesome & loved !

Your vision/product/… should be ‘easily’ scalable

Want to raise for your startup? – Let’s talk.

http://twitter.com/dresenalex http://facebook.com/dresenco !

alex@kown.co