Should you raise at all?
What are the pros and cons of bootstrapping?
The case for and against raising, including the one an advisor rarely makes: that raising too much too early is its own risk.
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Seven pieces
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Practical guides for founders and investors on raising capital in India.
Before Understand Fund Raising
Should you raise, and how?
Two pieces on the decisions that come before the raise: whether to take outside money at all, and if you do, whether it should be debt or equity.
Understand Fund Raising, on the platformBefore Discover relevant investors
Before the first meeting
One checklist, for the step where the preparation stops and you start writing to people who did not ask to hear from you.
Once the raise is running
Inside the raise
Three pieces for the part nobody rehearses: what the documents say, what to have ready before anyone asks, and what the price actually costs you.
The same ground as questions, in the start-up FAQsBefore you sign
What a term sheet actually says
Valuation, the ESOP pool, liquidation preference, anti-dilution and the exclusivity clause — what each one sounds like, and what it does.
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Before you go to market
What goes into a data room
Seven groups of documents, and the four gaps that hold up almost every diligence at this size.
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What the price costs you
How a round is priced, and what dilution really costs
Pre-money against post-money, why dilution compounds, and why the highest valuation is not always the best offer.
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Pet care
Category notes
The one piece written as much for an investor as for a founder.
We have advised two pet food brands — Benny’s Bowl and Furrmate — on their raises. Read our view on the market.
See all transactionsA category we have raised in twice
What is driving growth in the pet care market?
What is moving the Indian pet care market, and the two pet food raises we advised on — both closed.
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Elsewhere on Draavi
More ways to get up to speed
Still have questions? Our FAQs and transactions page cover the rest, or get in touch.
Start-up FAQs
Raising, valuation, and what to prepare before you go out.
For start-ups
Investor FAQs
Deal flow, diligence, and staying invested after the cheque.
For investors
Transactions
Every deal we have advised on.
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