{"id":84642,"date":"2025-12-14T14:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T14:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/what-most-vcs-wont-tell-you-about-raising-capital\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T14:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T14:45:45","slug":"what-most-vcs-wont-tell-you-about-raising-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/what-most-vcs-wont-tell-you-about-raising-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"What most VCs won\u2019t tell you about raising capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venture capitalists Ross Fubini (XYZ Ventures) and Leslie Feinzaig (Graham &amp; Walker Ventures) pull back the curtain on how VCs <!--more--> build their own go-to-market strategies\u2014 not just how they evaluate startups, but how they win over LPs and founders alike. In this episode of Build Mode, they share hard-won lessons from raising their first funds and how that experience allows them to empathize with founders. They discuss why &#8220;founder-market fit&#8221; applies to VCs too, how authentic thought leadership beats manufactured content, and why the best investor relationships start years before you need the money. Plus, the importance of building trust over transactions and why your network truly is your competitive advantage in venture. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Intro<br \/>\n01:01 Meet the VCs: From Netscape to Costa Rica<br \/>\n03:06 The Horror Show of Raising a First Fund<br \/>\n05:29 Building a Fund as Proof of Concept<br \/>\n08:52 The Schtick: Why VCs Need a Unique Thesis<br \/>\n11:44 Thought Leadership That Actually Works<br \/>\n15:34 The Qualification Process: Knowing in Two Minutes<br \/>\n19:06 Authentic vs. Manufactured Content<br \/>\n27:59 Building Relationships Before You Need Money<br \/>\n30:00 Founder-Market Fit for VCs<br \/>\n32:52 Key Takeaways: Person, Firm, Terms\u2014In That Order<br \/>\n36:45 Field Notes: Creative Ways VCs Court Founders <\/p>\n<p>New episodes of Build Mode drop every Thursday. Isabelle Johannessen is our host. Build Mode is produced and edited by Maggie Nye. Audience Development is led by Morgan Little. And a special thanks to the Foundry and Cheddar video teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venture capitalists Ross Fubini (XYZ Ventures) and Leslie Feinzaig (Graham &amp; Walker Ventures) pull back the curtain on how VCs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}