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1. The Best Advice
you never got:
Five random fundraising tips
Fundraising | 101

2. TM
Logistics Operations Made Easy
Fundraising: The Best Advice
You Never Got
Wicked Wednesday, 25 Mar 2015 @ N-House
Shamir Rahim, Founder & CEO

3. We are the for Logistics companies.
Customer Relationship
Management (CRM)
Logistics Operations
Management
.com
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4. Because...
Logistics needs
help.
Why?

10. Investor Founder𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙
% 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦
= Post-money valuation
Eg. $700,000 for 35% of the company
$700,000
0.35
= $2M Post-money valuation
Pre-money valuation = $2M - $700,000
= $1.3M
Pre-funding = 1,000,000 shares in total
Founder A = 500,000 shares
ie. 50% of the startup
𝑥
1,000,000 + 𝑥
= 0.35
Solving for 𝑥 = 538,462 new shares to issue
Post-funding = 1,538,462 shares
Founder A = 500,000 shares
ie. 32.4%of the startup
A
B
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Bonus:
Is there a ‘shortcut’
formula?

11. A typical ‘Captable’
(aka Capitalization table):
Post-money ownership:

14. Fundraising | 101
When the
funds wired
over

15. The Best Advice
you never got:
Five random fundraising tips
Fundraising | 101

16. The Negotiation!!
Fundraising | 101
Good Advice:
Look beyond valuation.
Better Advice:
Assess value-add and networks.
Best Advice:
Speak with portfolio founders.
#1

17. Fundraising | 101
Good Advice:
Get out of the building.
Better Advice:
Iterate MVP with customers.
Best Advice:
Collect sales orders. Show them.
#2

18. Good Advice:
It’s a process, not an event.
Better Advice:
Socialize early.
Fundraising | 101
Best Advice:
Get an awesome mentor.
Ask for intros.
#3

19. Good Advice:
Raise money when you don’t need it.
Better Advice:
At least 6 months before you run out.
Fundraising | 101
Best Advice:
Bootstrap every last cent from Day 1.
Double all time-to-money projections.
#4

20. Good Advice:
Build a beautiful deck.
Better Advice:
Craft a compelling story.
Fundraising | 101
Best Advice:
Bring a customer into the room
(or their signed sales orders).
#5

21. 
A quick word about the ‘Why’
It’s OK.
Startup founders live here.

22. The ‘and more one thing…’
Why raise funds at all?

24. Shamir Rahim, CEO & Founder
Thank you!
“We keep trucking… epic”
TM
shamir[at]sypherlabs.com
o: +65 3152 1249