A champion for women entrepreneurs, Jesse Draper says all founders need to do these five things to raise money successfully
Draper sees over a thousand deals a year, so she’s always looking for visionary founders who are solving a problem. The bigger the problem, the better. Take hunger and food waste, for example. The statistics are staggering: 1 in 7 people are food insecure, yet 72 billion pounds of perfectly edible food ends up in landfills every year., a sustainable surplus food management platform that leverages technology to reduce food waste and combat hunger.
Take the global feminine hygiene product market for example. Anticipated to surpass $30 billion by 2025, Draper saw a great opportunity in , a direct-to-consumer menstrual disc brand with several alternate tampon devices. The female founder had a problem she needed to solve and created a solution that she knew would be viable for half of the population.As a founder, I know how easy it is to get stuck in your own head and want to wait until you have everything figured out before you start talking to investors. From the concept to the business plan to the pitch deck, you want your first impression to be perfect.
Draper says to throw that out the window. If you have a good idea, she wants to know about it. At Halogen Ventures, she likes to get in as early as the pre-seed stage, when founders may not even have a deck. Or if they do, it might be messy and all over the place, but she wants to see it anyways. Don’t apologize for not having everything perfect, she says. Ditch perfection because it can be paralyzing.Every chance you get, share your idea with others.
On the other hand, you also need to be able to take feedback and constructive criticism. Draper says she’s open to crazy ideas, but she also looks for founders who are willing to be coached and listen to feedback. At Halogen Ventures, they take pride in being hands on and supporting founders through their full lifecycleMost successful founders share the same quality, confidence. According to Draper, she loves entrepreneurs who are fighters and hustlers.
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