The Essentials

We believe that providing founders value outside of capital is crucial. Here’s our list of curated resources to help you build.

FUNDRAISING TOOLS

• Accelerators in San Francisco (2024)

• Founder Pitch Deck Template

  Pitch deck template specifically designed for cannabis founders.

• Fundraising CRM

  A CRM template made in Airtable to help you organize investor leads.

• Safe Financing Documents

  Y Combinator introduced the safe (simple agreement for future equity) in late 2013, and since then, it has been used by countless startups as the main instrument for early-stage fundraising.

• Safe Genie

  A calculator for exploring the impact of Safes and convertible notes on founder ownership.

• Captable.io

  Captable.io offers founders quick guided creation, easy collaboration & sharing, convertible security & option calculators, and powerful round & exit modeling.

• Canva

  Online tool to help you design a beautiful pitch deck and more.

• DocSend

  Securely share your pitch deck and fundraise with DocSend. JourneyOne is part of Docsend’s VC partner program. We don't get any kickback from your subscription and are just looking to help founders save money where they can. Get up to 90% off your first year's subscription!
  

TIPS

• The VC investment process 

• The guide to advisor shares

• How to manage emotions as a founder

• Y-Combinator’s guide to seed fundraising

• ‘The Unusual Guide’ for early-stage (Seed and Series A) fundraising

• The Non-Obvious Guide to Fundraising

• How To Write An Investor Update

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