How Christina Cacioppo raised a $50 million Series A for Vanta

Asking VCs for Money

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How Christina Cacioppo raised a $50 million Series A for Vanta

Aaron Harris

Nov 07, 2022

Christina Cacioppo raised a $50 million Series A for Vanta from Sequoia Capitol. Christina shares why she initially held off on raising Vanta's Series A, the framework she used to find the right investor, and how splurging for a designer to shape up her pitch deck ultimately paid off.

Aaron Harris runs Magid & Company, working with founders to scale their startups and navigate fundraising.

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Asking VCs for Money

I’m Aaron Harris. I was a partner at Y Combinator for 7.5 years and now run Magid and Company. For the last decade, I’ve been obsessed with one question: How do founders fundraise?

On Asking VCs for Money, I’ll be talking to founders about…well…asking VCs for money. We’ll talk about what they actually did - the tactics and strategies that led to success - how they met investors, how they prepared their pitches, and how they negotiated term sheets. I’m going to focus on process and particulars here, not grand pronouncements or hacks. I hope you learn something that helps you the next time you fundraise.

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