Unfair Edge with Chase McCaskill
Unfair Edge with Chase McCaskill
Podcast Description
Conversations with founders to give you an unfair edge in building your startup!
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
Key topics include startup growth strategies, product development, and user acquisition, with episodes delving into case studies like how Agree.com achieved rapid user growth, design's role in building trust, and product-led growth tactics that convert users into advocates.
Conversations with founders to give you an unfair edge in building your startup!
Sheel Mohnot, Co-Founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures, shares lessons from building and selling startups to raising a $450M fintech fund, revealing how he evaluates founders, runs focused fundraising rounds, and sees today’s pre-seed to Series A landscape evolving.
What you’ll learn:
- How to make the leap from consultant to founder
- How to run a focused fundraising process
- Milestones that actually matter to investors
- What VCs expect at Series A — ARR, valuation, and traction
- The founder traits that win
- When you should raise
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smohnot/
Twitter: https://x.com/pitdesi
Better Tomorrow Ventures: https://www.btv.vc/
Chapters
02:15 – Leaving Consulting to Start FeeFighters
06:45 – Selling to Groupon & The Groupon Mafia
12:40 – Founding Innovative Auctions & Building Again
14:00 – Creating (and Exiting) The Pitch Podcast
20:45 – How Sheel Started Angel Investing
22:50 – Founding Better Tomorrow Ventures with Jake Gibson
27:30 – Lessons from Raising Fund I & Building LP Relationships
34:40 – The 2025 Pre-Seed & Seed Market: What Founders Should Know
40:00 – Seed-Strapping, Runway & Raising to Series A
46:20 – Series A Reality Check: Higher Revenue Expectations
48:20 – What Makes Founders Stand Out to BTV
49:55 – Being Truly “Founder-Friendly”
53:25 – Where the Next Big Fintech Ideas Might Emerge
56:15 – Parting Advice for Founders Fundraising in 2025
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