How raises work, how accredited investors behave, and how the market under both is changing. Two courses, 43 articles, the Deal Room archive, The Dispatch, and answers for every part of the product.
25 lessons in two paths, in the order the work happens. Your place is kept in this browser, so you can stop and come back.
For founders · 15 lessons · 102 minThe Raise courseFrom the first call to the closed round, in the order a raise actually happens. Written by the team that has packaged 100+ companies since 2016.
For accredited investors · 10 lessons · 58 minThe Investor courseWhy the growth moved private, how a company prepares before it lists, and how to read its records yourself. No fees to learn, and none to invest.The definition of the category: raises that begin, run, and close on internet rails, into digitally native securities.
24.3 million US households qualify. The playbook for reaching them, from who counts to the pipeline that closes.
The 121-folder standard: what gets collected, why it exists, and what it means when a listing carries it.
Latest · Founders · 7 minA New Website and a New Positioning for Deal BoxDeal Box has a new website and a sharper focus: Internet Capital Formation. Here is the idea behind it, in plain English.October 5, 2026
Markets · 8 minThe End of Stock ScarcityNet US equity issuance turns positive for the first time since 2003. The largest companies on earth are now selling the same thing every private company is selling.
Founders · 12 minThe Fundraising Playbook Assumes a Network You Do Not HaveThe standard advice runs on warm introductions, which quietly requires a network most founders never had. Here is the counterpart playbook for raising from individual accredited investors.
Founders · 7 minInvestors Don't Buy the Story Anymore. They Verify It.Capital underwrites what it can verify. Here is what an investor checks before they invest, and how to build the proof before the first call.
Founders · 7 minAt Pre-Seed, a Customer Has to Vouch for YouThe goalposts moved. At pre-seed, investors want to hear why a real customer cares before they write the check. Here is how founders are clearing the new bar.
Founders · 8 minThe #1 Predictor of a Closed Round Isn't Traction.Most founders run their raise like a group text. The data says momentum closes rounds. Here is how to run your raise like a real sales pipeline.
Founders · 10 minThe Valuation Is the Press Release. The Terms Are the Deal.Founders fixate on valuation. It is the number that matters least at the early stages. The terms decide who controls the company. Here is how funding actually works.Founders and operators from the Deal Room series, in their own words, and a panel on the Reg CF ceiling. From the archive, each one dated and timed.
The Dispatch is our markets letter for founders and accredited investors, with a 50 percent open rate. One idea per issue, in plain English.
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