I make Pre-Seed to Series B founders successfully fundraise by helping you build your fundraising operating system. | $350m+ raised with founders. | Follow me for tips on fundraising.

I have spent the last 10 years trying to find the "secret" sauce to making you fundraise for your company.

And you know what?

There's no secret. 

It’s just a matter of having: 

- The right preparation & processes
- A clear and concise narrative & storytelling
- Structured relationships built over a long period 

The real "secret", if there's any at all, is that you need to build a system around your fundraise to make sure you do the proper work.

A system means that allows you to: 

- Efficiently build the right relationships with investors and connectors
- Influence investors that YOU are a good bet
- Take them through your process in an efficient manner 

All the while keeping accountability of you doing the boring but important stuff.

During the $400m+ in venture funding I have been a part of, I was able to meet best-in-class  entrepreneurs. 

Some of these entrepreneurs have gone on to raise $100M+ in fundraising each. ​

All of them possessed operating systems for the fundraises. 

I’ve built such a system for fundraising founders. 

And I can help you build yours. 

But as with all things, getting started, maintaining consistency and keeping accountability is easier said than done.

The founders I have helped with their fundraises have gone on to raise $250M+. 

...And I'm doing all of this with a 100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE.

Now, are you serious about building fundraising for your startup? 

Let's make it happen.

(I CAN'T HELP YOU IF YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED YOUR FUNDRAISE). 

👉🏼 Shoot me a DM, or head over to my featured section & check out our offer.

I'll see you at the top!

Gian Seehra

A paid “intro service” just cold-DM’d me… 


asking if I invest.

I don’t.

And a 10-second look at my profile makes that obvious.

You can see the message down below after I asked why they connected with me. 

This is why you should be careful paying for “VC intros”:

𝟭) 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀

If they did, they wouldn’t be spraying DMs at random people.

𝟮) 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 “𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘀” 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱

You’re not getting "warm" relationships as much as they pretend. 

They will just spam you out in the hopes someone bites. 

𝟯) 𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴

Investors can smell mass outreach instantly.

Even if you get a call they will think you are desperate and think less of you. 

-

Think about it:

Someone paid this firm to “open doors”…
…and they’re knocking on mine.

So if you’re raising, do this instead:

1. Build a clean target list (100+ funds)
2. Get real warm paths (operators, founders, experts)
3. Send thoughtful, specific outreach
4. Give more than you take 
5. Only then ask for potential intros 

Stop paying for “intros.”

Because they don't work. 

Instead, pay with effort. With work. 
Just like the top 1% of founders do.

What do you think of "paid for" intros? 

P.S. Some paid for intros actually can work btw, but ~5% of the people doing it are like that. And you have no way of knowing who is good or bad. Most are spamming like this!

Failed 2 fundraises. Then raised $16M. Now I teach founders everything I wish I’d known. | Ex-Octopus Ventures VC | $250M+ raised with founders | DM “RAISE” to chat

In 2018, I met a seed-stage company that I was excited about. 

The founders had: 

1. Previously built an app with 1 million users
2. Now building a high potential company 
3. Already hired amazing people  

I was hooked with the new company's vision. 

And believed that they had the potential to be truly game-changing. 

In fact, I still do... 

On paper, everything looked great. 

They were:

• Experienced founders
• Building a great product
• Targeting a large market
• And a track record of growth

But then it all came crumbling down. 

Why? 

Because we never actually met the CEO... 

3 meetings down and he kept saying he was too busy. 

How could we invest into a company when we hadn’t even met the leader? 

We decided not to waste our time and rejected the company in the end. 

This is why its so important to make sure its always the CEO conducting the first few meetings. 

Even if you think someone else may be better at telling the story.

♻️ Repost is you think this can be helpful to other founders

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P.S. Wondering if pictures like below are useful or not. Yay or nay on them? 

#entrepreneurship #startups #venturecapital

A “3-week raise” is real. It just starts 3 months earlier.

Because the “fast raise” isn't something that just 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗳𝘀 out of thin air...

What it usually looks like in the wild:

1. Over 3–6 months, the market starts leaning in.
2. Multiple "random" signals to investors. 
3. Experts telling them you are one to watch. 
4. Other founders mentioning you. 
5. VCs starting to keep you on track. 

Those investors are watching (even if you don’t realize).

They’ve seen enough cycles to know the pattern:

Great founders execute… repeatedly… over time.

So by the time you “start the raise,” you’re not having to introducing yourself.

But instead just giving them a moment to act. 

RIGHT NOW. 

That’s where speed comes from:

𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆
You’ve been in their orbit long enough that they are starting to believe you can do it. 

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
They've seen you execute so well they know this is the last chance to invest. 

𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲
A few investors don’t want to “wait and see” anymore, so they try to get in early.

Then one thing happens that changes everything:

A credible investor moves first.
A first term sheet (or a clear lead signal) hits the table.

And now the dynamic flips:

Now you're "hot" and everyone wants in. 

That’s how a "3-week raise" actually happens:

Not from waking up one day and “running a process.”

But from months (sometimes years) of compounding execution + investor awareness. 

Things you need to be spending every day doing. 

Now if you want to learn what the 5 mistakes every founder makes thats making them fail their fundraises. 

Comment "MISTAKE" and i'll send it over.

My friend had the perfect CV, yet still got zero jobs. 

And it was due to 1 simple reason: 

My friend had everything going for him: 

1. Incredible track record 
2. High-level roles 
3. Clear results

So he assumed getting a job would be easy.

But after 6–7 months of applying online, he had 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 

He was burning time, burning savings, burning confidence. 

Why did this happen? 

Because he was applying 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥. 

His resume got buried with 200+ others. 
All trying to do the exact same thing. 

Yet when he decided to get respected people to introduce him to hiring managers... 

Everything changed! 

And he was hired within a month. 

Does that sound familiar to you? 

Because founders do the same thing in fundraising. 

You are: 

1. Cold emailing decks
2. Spamming on linkedin dms
3. Submitting through portals…

And wondering why you’re not getting real meetings.

The truth is because its very much like hiring. 

If you aren't leveraging someone else's social capital via warm intros.

Then your pitch deck gets put at the bottom of the pile. 

So don't be like every founder. 

It's not going to work.

How are you making sure you get enough investor meetings? 

P.S. Wanna learn how to get 100+ warm intros consistently in your funding round? Then DM me "NETWORK" and I'll send you more info.

Daniel Markovits

Creators + Community + Sports @ LinkedIn | Venture Scout | I help CEOs, execs, VCs, athletes & brands stand out and build authority

I’m a community builder and strategist obsessed with how people - founders, execs, athletes, creators - show up online and build trust at scale.Today, as CCO at Shake, I help B2B founders turn their ideas, experiences, and point of view into a content engine that drives authority, credibility, and long-term organic demand. We call it founder-led marketing: using the founder’s voice as the most powerful acquisition channel a business has. When done right, it makes sales easier, trust faster, and brand-building more human.Before Shake, I spent years at LinkedIn shaping how top leaders show up on the platform. I worked across editorial, product, and creator partnerships. Onboarding world-class talent like Lewis Hamilton, helping executives communicate with clarity and personality, and launching scaled video programs that grew community engagement across markets. I’ve supported 500+ high-impact members, from CEOs to rising operators, helping them grow their audience, sharpen their story, and build influence that actually moves people.My path has never been linear.. I’ve simply followed what made me curious: how communities form, how stories spread, and how the right piece of content can unlock opportunities for people. That curiosity has taken me from Tel Aviv to London and through roles that mix editorial instinct, product thinking, and deep talent partnership.At the core, my work has stayed the same:I help people communicate with more clarity, more confidence, and more humanity - so they can build the kind of presence that opens doors.If you care about founder-led marketing, storytelling, or the future of how leaders build trust online, we’re already speaking the same language.

Co-Founder

Club created to serve as a continuous bond between the diaspora community and the State of Israel.

• Successful crowdfunding campaign & world wide media coverage
• 150+ players from 25 different countries 
• Currently in Liga Gimel (5th division) of the Israeli Football League

Dani Markovits

MARCH UPDATES 🚨

A lot of people are asking what’s going on with LinkedIn right now. 

Reach feels different. Certain posts are flying. Others are disappearing.

I'll do my best to explain this in simple terms. 

LinkedIn changed fundamentally in February 2026. 
(and  in my opinion..  it’s a good thing)

The new algorithm doesn't count your likes anymore - it reads your post and decides if you actually know what you're talking about. 

The old LinkedIn algorithm was simple: more likes, comments and shares meant more reach. The new one - called 360Brew - actually reads your post. 

Here's what that means in practice: 
1) Your About section and Headline are now 'context tags'. If what you post doesn’t match your stated expertise, distribution is limited. The algorithm isn’t just evaluating a post.. it is also evaluating YOU. 

2) Comments are now 15x more valuable than likes. A good comment means someone actually stopped, thought, and responded. 

3) 'Dwell time' is now a ranking factor. Saves, sends, and time spent reading matter more than how quickly something gets a thumbs up. 

4) Relevance beats recency. Good content reaches people interested in your topic - well beyond your first-degree network. 

My biggest TAKEAWAY: Stop writing posts that could have been written by anyone. 

Personal experience > generic advice

CCO @ Shake Content | Ex LinkedIn | I help CEOs, execs, VCs & brands stand out and build authority on LinkedIn

A big milestone for Shake Content.

A bigger one for me personally.

A few months ago, we started working with Thomas Hitzlsperger.

He’s our first athlete / football client (but certainly not the last).

When I was at LinkedIn, I spent a lot of time trying to make sport a real focus on the platform. It wasn’t straightforward.

There was a genuine question around whether sports personalities “belonged” on LinkedIn. Whether the audience would care. Whether it made sense beyond the obvious PR posts.

But I believed there was something deeper there.

Elite sport is leadership.
It’s decision-making under pressure.
It’s culture, reinvention and second careers.

Over time, we built momentum. More athletes came on. More stories were told properly.

Now, at Shake, we get to work closely with Thomas on shaping his voice: not just as a former player, but as an executive and leader building the next chapter of his career.

That feels full circle.

We’re only a few months in, but the response has been strong. And the conversations happening behind the scenes are even stronger.

There’s serious opportunity for sports personalities on LinkedIn.. if it’s done with intention.

We’re just getting started.

Hot take: the most viral posts are often the least useful.

Usefulness requires specificity.. and specificity limits virality.

The posts that actually change your thinking rarely spread widely.

They’re too niche, too honest, too practical.

But they’re the ones founders get clients from.
They’re the ones executives build authority with.
They’re the ones that lead to real conversations.

Virality gets you attention - usefulness gets you outcomes.

You can optimise for both.

But if you have to choose, usefulness wins every time.

My 4-year-old daughter asked me what I do for work.

I had no IDEA what to say

Which got me thinking

What if I create the first LinkedIn Kids Glossary?

A very 'serious' book that explains LinkedIn in terms a 4-year-old would understand.

For example:

1) Recruiters
Kid definition: People who call you right after you’ve eaten lunch and ask if you “have a moment.”

2) Sales Navigator
Kid definition: A treasure map for finding people who definitely don’t want to talk to you.

3) Thought Leader
Kid definition: Someone with lots of thoughts. And makes sure you hear them.

I’m half joking.
Half… not.

Would you read this? 

Or should I figure out how to explain my job before she runs off again? 😆

The one you’ve all been waiting for…

The What Just Happened Ep.1 blooper reel.

Mostly serious LinkedIn analysis. Mostly.

Also… a surprising amount of 'Dani, Dani… Dani.'

And an unexpected Danny Zuko cameo (out of nowhere). 

Episode 2 coming soon 🍿 

#WhatJustHappened

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