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fundraise-advisor

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About fundraise-advisor

A fundraising strategy skill for founders preparing pre-seed and seed rounds. It covers readiness, pitch decks, investor targeting, outreach, and fundraising process planning.

Key features

  1. 01Fundraising readiness checklist
  2. 02Pitch deck structure guidance
  3. 03Investor category and targeting guidance
  4. 04Outreach prioritization
  5. 05Round process timeline

Use cases

  1. 01Assessing readiness to raise a round
  2. 02Planning a seed-stage investor deck
  3. 03Building an investor outreach plan

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/shipshitdev/skills --skill fundraise-advisor

After installing, type/fundraise-advisorin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled filesplugin.jsonreferences/full-guide.md

Details

From the project README

Fundraise Advisor - Seed Round Strategy

Overview

Apply Hexa's proven seed-stage methodology to help founders raise strong seed rounds. Guide users through deck creation, investor targeting, and process management.

Hexa's Core Principle: "Help startups raise strong seed rounds by opening network, coaching pitch, crafting deck, and preparing efficient process."

When This Activates

  • "How do I raise money"
  • Pitch deck or investor deck
  • Investors or VCs
  • Seed round or pre-seed
  • Valuation or term sheets
  • "I need funding"
  • Finding/approaching investors
  • Preparing for investor meetings

Fundraising Funnel

Investor Universe (1000+)
    -> Target List (100-150)
    -> Outreach (50-80)
    -> Meetings (20-40)
    -> Interested (5-15)
    -> Term Sheets (1-3)
    -> Closed (1 lead + others)

Readiness Checklist

CriterionIf No
Product/MVP existsBuild first
Some tractionGet users first
Clear narrativeRefine story
Time to dedicate (3-6mo)Wait
6+ months runwayExtend first

If 3+ "No": Wait or bootstrap further.

Typical Seed Ranges (2024-2025)

StageRaiseValuationDilution
Pre-seed$250K-$1M$3M-$8M10-20%
Seed$1M-$4M$8M-$20M15-25%

Standard Deck (10-15 slides)

  1. Title - Hook + one-liner
  2. Problem - Specific pain, who has it
  3. Solution - How you solve it
  4. Product - Demo, screenshots
  5. Market - TAM/SAM/SOM
  6. Business Model - Unit economics
  7. Traction - Metrics, growth
  8. Competition - Why you win
  9. Team - Why you'll execute
  10. Ask - Amount, milestones

Investor Categories

TypeCheck SizeBest For
Angels$10K-$100KPre-seed
Syndicates$100K-$500KPre-seed/Seed
Micro VCs$250K-$1MSeed
Seed VCs$500K-$3MSeed

Outreach Priority

  1. Warm intro from portfolio founder (30-50%)
  2. Warm intro from mutual connection (20-40%)
  3. Cold email with strong hook (5-15%)
  4. Cold LinkedIn (2-10%)

Process Timeline

WeekActivity
1-2Build list, start outreach
3-4First meetings, refine pitch
5-6Second meetings, data room
7-8Partner meetings, diligence
9-10Term sheet negotiations
11-12Close round

Common Mistakes

  • Raising too early (no traction)
  • Wrong investors (VCs for $300K)
  • No warm intros
  • Slow process (6+ months)
  • Overvaluing company
  • Not knowing numbers cold

Integration

  • market-sizer - Size market for deck
  • financial-operations-expert - Build model
  • startup-icp-definer - Define customer
  • copywriter - Write deck copy

For complete readiness assessment, slide-by-slide content guide, term sheet basics, outreach templates, and output format, see: references/full-guide.md

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