Mentorcam March - Rune Hauge

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🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Mentorcam - Book your mentor session with promo code CODE for 20% off! Topic: Funding your startup For the first installment of Mentorcam March, we chat with Rune Hauge, the Founder and CEO of Mentorcam. Rune is an expert in funding your startup, and is a multi time founder. Prior to Mentorcam, he founded three startups and had one successful exit. He has raised millions of dollars in venture capital from top tier Silicon Valley VCs and high-profile angel investors, and also took Mentorcam through Y Combinator. Questions: How do you build a fundraising strategy? What would make one investor a better fit than another? How do you identify the right investors to go after? How do you create the best Y Combinator application? How do you find seed investors? How important is the MVP in the fundraising process? Book a call with Rune by accessing the link below: https://mentor.cam/runehauge - Use Promo Code CODE Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello, listeners.
0:02.6	Per my announcement last week, we are kicking off Mentor Cam March today.
0:07.2	That's right, we're partnering with our new friends over at Mentor Cam.
0:10.8	As a reminder, Mentor Cam gives you access to high-profile advisors and experts for one-on-one advice.
0:17.6	For more information, go to Codstory.co slash Mentor Cam. That's M-E-N-T-O-R-C-A-M to learn more.
0:26.0	Use the discount code, code, C-O-D-E, all one word, to get 20% off your first mentorship
0:32.6	session. Well, today I have a special guest on the podcast, Runa Hauga, the founder and CEO of Mentor Cam.
0:40.5	He's an expert on all things VC and funding your startup, which is what we're going to talk about today.
0:45.9	It's a multi-time founder of many startups.
0:48.7	Runa, thanks for being on the show today.
0:50.7	Thanks for having me, you know all. It's a pleasure to be here.
0:53.6	Absolutely. Pleasure to have you. Before we
0:55.7	jump into all things fundraising, give me a little bit of a short intro in my audience a short
1:00.5	intro about you. Yeah, absolutely. I'm one of two co-founders of Mentor Cam. And what we're building
1:07.5	is a marketplace for people to get access to high profile experts.
1:13.2	There are typically not that easy to get access to otherwise.
1:16.7	So we focus on categories like startups, tech, and business growth.
1:21.9	So we see startup founders coming to MentorCam to find investors to get advice from experienced founders and other people
1:31.6	that have domain expertise in areas related to what they do. So that's what we do with MentorCam.
1:38.4	Well, let's jump into fundraising then. So you're the expert on all things fundraising. How do you build
1:44.0	a fundraising strategy? And what
1:45.9	even is a fundraising strategy? I think expert is a relative term, but we've done it. We've raised a couple
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