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###### Insider insights on getting funded

## Tips from investors for fundraising founders

Get investment-ready with insider insights from active VCs and angels. Download this free ebook to learn how to sidestep common pitch pitfalls and make an awesome first impression when it counts.

## The insider guide to startup fundraising

We’ve gone straight to the source, the minds behind the money, to ask what really catches an investor’s eye, the green flags that make them lean in, and the red flags that send them running.

In this guide, you’ll find insights from a diverse panel of active angel and VC investors on what it takes to get them to an enthusiastic yes on an early-stage deal.

Meet our investor panel

#### Eamon Tuhami Business builder, entrepreneur, mentor, angel, advisor at [Hwyl](https://www.hwyl.co/)

#### Eva Dobrzanska Startup fundraising consultant, author of [Fundraising Playbooks](https://www.fundraisingplaybooks.com/) , and former investment manager at a VC fund

#### Jonny Clark Angel investor, organizer of [Liverpool Slush’d](https://liverpoolslushd.org/) , SeedLegals Angel of the Year 2024

#### Katie Ramsey Fintech and AI investor, founder of [The Power Collective](https://powercollective.xyz/) , SeedLegals Angel of the Year 2024 finalist

#### Yana Abramova Founder and General Partner at [Pretiosum Ventures](https://pretiosum.vc/) , a seed fund investing in the Future of Businesses

#### Edward Stevenson Investment Executive at [SFC Capital](https://sfccapital.com/) , SeedLegals SEIS Fund of the Year 2024

#### Marc Cohen AI operator turned successful venture investor at [unbundled vc](https://www.unbundled.vc/)

## Download to learn

✔ How to find and attract investors

✔ What makes a founding team investable

✔ Green and red flags in your pitch deck and business plan

✔ How to approach valuation negotiations

✔ Exit strategy: to plan or not to plan?

✔ The common due diligence pitfalls

✔ How to manage post-investment communication

## Close your funding round faster

#### Talk to the SeedLegals team

Want to learn more about how to create the investment legal documents you need in one powerful, streamlined workflow? Pick a time to talk to a member of our team.

[Talk to us](https://seedlegals.com/us/talk-to-us/)

[Join the mailing list](https://seedlegals.com/us/newsletters/)

## You’re in safe hands

Our team has helped thousands of entrepreneurs raise money and grow their businesses.

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## We’ve helped over 60,000 companies

From food to fintech, thousands of companies use SeedLegals to start, raise and grow faster. Now in the U.S.!

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- SeedLegals held our hand through complex investor negotiations and even picked up on some errors produced by our previous lawyers which were a well-known City law firm! ##### Alex Templeton Founder & CEO, Qured

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