Ep. 102 How I Raised It with Jake Poses of Jumprope.com

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Jake Poses of Jumprope.com, a video content platform for creating useful and engaging recipes, beauty tutorials, fitness routines and more. In this episode, Jake talks about how to get investors to answer your emails, the difference between the New York and San Francisco venture scenes, how to align fundraising with future milestones, why a monthly letter to investors is so valuable (and how to write an effective one), and more. The Company raised $4.5 million of seed funding in a deal led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Other investors include Scott Belsky (Behance), Shrug Capital, Marco Zappacosta and Jonathan Swanson (Thumbtack). This series is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Learn more at www.foundersuite.com.