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Templates and E-books to up Your Fundraising Game
Toby Egbuna
May 30, 2024
Toby Egbuna
May 30th, 2024
Hello! Welcome to my newsletter - Finessing Funding💰. Every other week, I’ll be sharing stories, strategies, and ideas about funding for your startup. Get Finessing funding delivered to your inbox every week 👇🏾
Hello!
In lieu of a newsletter post this week, I’m compiling some of the resources I’ve created over the past year to help you fundraise.
Check them out, and if you find them helpful, share them with another founder who could use them!
I’ll be back next week with a fresh post. Be safe 🤞🏾.
CREAM E-book | FREE!  CREAM image Get the ultimate guide to raising venture capital funding for Black and underrepresented founders. | Fundraising Hub | $249  Fundraising Hub image The ultimate fundraising hub. Manage your investor list, comms, fundraises, and contacts in one easy-to-use Notion page. |
How To Calculate Your Market Size | FREE!  Market calculations image Impress investors and show your preparation with market sizing calculations. | Grant Application Question DB | FREE!  Grant application image Store commonly asked application questions so you can quickly apply for grants and get that free money đź’µ |
Investor Update Template | FREE!  Investor update image This template will give you a great foundation for writing your investor update. | Forwardable Email | FREE!  Investor intro image Use this to request that an investor make a warm intro to another investor. |
Funding opportunities closing this week
Bubble’s Immerse Program - (This isn’t a funding opportunity, but I am a BIG fan of Bubble, so I thought I’d include it.) Immerse is an intensive 8—to 10–week pre-accelerator that equips underrepresented founders to create fully functioning MVPs on Bubble. It’s completely funded, so you can focus on making your ideas a reality.
Apply here: https://bubble.io/immerse
Factor Fellowship - The Factor Fellowship is a 16-week part-time fellowship hosted on evenings and weekends. Programming is created by top NYC startup leaders and VCs. Upon completing the program, you’ll be connected to a full-time role within a NYC high-growth startup.
Apply here: https://www.factornyc.org/apply
HBCU Founders Accelerator - The HBCU Founders Accelerator is a customized 16-week intensive program, primarily conducted virtually. It commences with goal-setting discussions, developing a work plan, and identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress. Each portfolio company is provided with dedicated executive-level support from paid advisors throughout the program. With a cohort size of 8-10 startups, our accelerator seeks to create a collaborative environment to foster entrepreneurial success. We make an initial investment of $120,000 in each selected startup to help support their growth.
Apply here: https://www.nex3.com/hbcu-founders-accelerator