Raise Capital with Confidence: A Startup Founder's Guide to Fundraising Success

Dr Carlos Espinal G: Lo he usado para guiar a muchos emprendedores preparar sus proyectos y buscar VC para fondear sus proyectos

Spain on Aug 19, 2022

Miguel P.: Great book to understand the current fundraising market

United Kingdom on Jun 08, 2021

Arnau: Comprehensive advice from the man on the inside. Good job Carlos.

United Kingdom on Jun 07, 2021

Jay Olenicz: As a founder raising a seed round I found this field guide V2 incredibly useful.

United Kingdom on Jun 02, 2021

Justin Souter: I work with startup founders [e.g. on one programme in 2020 I spoke with ~240 of them]. This is the what I recommend all founders read as an entry-level guide. Excellent - and free. For an advanced course, I recommend Venture Deals by Jason Mendelson and Brad Feld. Thank you Carlos!

United Kingdom on Jan 18, 2021

ANWER K. QUREISHI: Carlos, kudos to you for providing a thought framework for a novice or a start-up in early stages. The case studies and pertinent links to external resources and examples is invaluable.

Should be a must read for every entrepreneur.

United States on Jan 15, 2018

SV@Pond: This book is pretty useful for beginners. However, this book largely talks about the aspects of presentation and money. In fact, from my years of personal experiences, some topics that are crucial in fundraising (such as intellectual property, budgeting, market analysis, etc.) are not addressed or are just briefly touched.

United States on Sep 10, 2017

AM: TL:DR: The guy is an active investor and knows what he's talking about so you should pay attention

The first time I heard Carlos speak I thought he was a typical Silicon Valley "know-it-all" ass of an investor- the ones who think they know everything about anything. After all, he dissected our business on day 1 and rejected us to his accelerator (Seedcamp). Luckily for us, we were prudent enough to grab a copy of the Fundraising Field Guide.

I can't tell you just how important this book has been to us. My co-founder and I are a pair of geeks who love building a product. The whole thought of pitching our idea and business to strangers was daunting if not downright terrifying. But being a startup that wants to grow, we knew at some point we'd have to leave our comfort zone to do both sales and fundraising.

This book is not a textbook designed to cram as much information in as few pages as possible. Instead, Carlos focusses on building a fundraising mentality. There are only a few key steps and so long as you are willing to do those steps, you can greatly increase your chances of getting funded and be more comfortable socialising and networking. Some other...

United States on Nov 16, 2016

ajac0586: Not exactly what I was looking for, but I can't fault them for that. They were looking for a different audience of people starting their own business and needing funds for that. It's not about charity type fundraising. But the info is pretty good. Some of it is very basic and obvious, but maybe that is necessary and/or appeals to some. As the book goes along, there are more details about how much money to raise (as much as you can) and many ideas about how to get what you need. It's not a book Id tell everyone about, but it's a good read and I think it would be helpful.

United States on Aug 28, 2016

Peter Thomson: An excellent summary of things that an early stage startup founder needs to know about raising capital. Carlos has done a great job of pulling everything together in one place. Personally, I would have enjoyed a little bit more of Carlos' hard-hitting and opinionated style from his blog and public speaking.

The section on startup valuation is extremely helpful for founders trying to value their startup before asking for outside investment. Great stuff.

United States on Sep 27, 2015