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Raising Venture Capital as a Woman Founder: Laura Cunningham on Building Ava
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Raising Venture Capital as a Woman Founder: Laura Cunningham on Building Ava
Laura Cunningham, founder of Ava, shares what it's really like to raise venture capital as a woman—from talking to 100+ investors in one month to navigating bias in pitch meetings.
What you'll learn:
- How to assess your personal runway before becoming a founder
- Why VCs ask women risk questions vs. opportunity questions for men
- The reality of giving up equity and managing cap table dilution
- Optimal vs. suboptimal fundraising seasons (hint: summer doesn't exist)
- How to turn risk questions into opportunity questions in pitch meetings
- Why you need conviction it's a billion-dollar idea before anyone else will believe it
- Managing the emotional roller coaster of fundraising while building product
About Laura Cunningham: Founder of Ava, an AI-powered parenting partner that acts as your household chief of staff. Previously led AI product strategy at Near Protocol. Raising $2M to bring Ava to market.
Keywords: venture capital, fundraising, woman founder, startup, VC funding, pre-seed, seed round, equity, cap table, AI startup, parenting tech, female entrepreneur, raising capital
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