Ep. 58 How I Raised It with Ryan Boyko of Embark Vet on 7.31.2018

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Ryan Boyko, CEO of Embark Vet (www.embarkvet.com). Embark Vet makes an animal DNA testing kit designed to improve dog health and wellness. Embark recently raised a seed round co-led by Founder Collective, Freestyle and ThirdKind, with support from Anne Wojcicki, Bill Maris, Slow Ventures, SV Angel and others. In this episode, Ryan talks about how he built a target investor list by researching other companies, how raising capital is like speed dating, how to keep investors interested and "hungry," how he landed strategic angels like Anne Wojcicki (co-founder of 23andMe) and Bill Maris (founder of Google Ventures) and much more.