How To Raise Millions For Your Startup in 60 Days
The Anti-VC Playbook: Cold Emails, Fast Closes, and No BS.
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Course overview
From $0 to $1M in 60 Days (Even When "Experts" Say It's Impossible)
Forget What You've Been Told About Fundraising
"The way the top-end venture capitalist firms work is they'll take you seriously if you come in introduced by somebody they've worked with before, and they won't take you seriously if you don't." — Marc Andreessen
I'm here to tell you that's complete BS.
I've raised $4.3M+ for my startups—including $1M in just 60 days using cold emails. No warm intros. No "network." Just a strategic approach that most VCs don't want you to know about.
This Isn't Another Theoretical Fundraising Course
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Outsiders: Cold emailing is more effective than begging for warm intros when you are a first-time founder.
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Ambitious founders: 60 days is all you need (not 6+ months). You honestly do not have six months to raise. This course is about moving fast.
What You'll Get (That No Other Course Offers)
Case Study Database
Real fundraising campaigns dissected (successes AND failures)
Proprietary Investor Lists:
500+ pre-researched investors sorted by check size, industry focus, and cold email receptiveness
Cold Email Vault
50+ actual emails that secured meetings and investment (with analysis)
Meeting Calendar Strategy:
My counterintuitive method for scheduling that creates FOMO
Term Sheet Masterclass
How to negotiate when you have just one offer
What’s included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Matthew Parker in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Course syllabus
Week 1
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Investor Meeting Strategies
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Crafting Compelling Outreach Messages
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Using Apollo.io to identify investors and start outreach.
Session 1: Investor Meeting Strategies
Fundraising is a numbers game, literally and figuratively. In Session 1 our focus is on booking more meetings and effective outreach.
Session 2: Preparing for Investor Meetings
Crafting outbound emails to your investor targets is critical to increase your investor meeting volume.
Session 3: Building a Strategic Investor Pipeline
Week 2
Bonus
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Decoding Cap Tables for Angel Leads
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Talking to Angels Is Different Than VCs
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Growing your leads with Angel Networks & Syndicates
Session 10a: Angel Investor Sourcing 101
Session 10b: Crafting Tailored Pitches for Angels
Session 10c: Leveraging Angel Networks and Syndicates
What people are saying
Series B Founder
Ajalon Elliott
Meet your instructor
Matthew Parker
Matthew Parker
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Course schedule
4-6 hours per week
Thursdays & Sundays
1:30 - 3:00pm EST
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September 4, 2024
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Weekly projects
2 hours per week
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Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
Frequently Asked Questions
What Makes This Different?
Cold Outreach Mastery
- Cold email workshop with real-time feedback
- Target investor selection and tiering strategy
- AI-powered personalization at scale techniques
Meeting Momentum Building
- Mock investor meetings with brutal feedback
- Follow-up frameworks that create urgency
- Progress tracking systems that optimize your pipeline
Term Sheet Optimization
- Negotiation tactics for first-time founders
- Creating leverage when you have none
- Closing strategies that accelerate wire transfers