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Should Founders Still Raise in an Economic Downturn?

Dream It

Having been at the forefront of the dot-com boom, 9/11, and the financial crisis of 2008, Jason knows what it takes to survive this downturn. Founders planning near-term fundraising rounds need to understand that an economic downturn is one of the most difficult times to pitch to investors. Takeaways Survival is key.

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Mayfield’s Arvind Gupta discusses startup fundraising during a downturn

TechCrunch

Between his roles as co-leader of Mayfield Fund’s engineering biology practice and founder at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta reviewed approximately 470 startup pitches last year. Who’s going to have a harder time in this new environment? It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak.

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