NEW ECONOMIES

NEW ECONOMIES

Share this post

NEW ECONOMIES
NEW ECONOMIES
The Ultimate Fundraising Guide for Startups

The Ultimate Fundraising Guide for Startups

Your Go-To Guide for Fundraising—Now and in the Future

Ollie Forsyth's avatar
Ollie Forsyth
Mar 05, 2025
∙ Paid
44

Share this post

NEW ECONOMIES
NEW ECONOMIES
The Ultimate Fundraising Guide for Startups
9
Share

Welcome back to another edition of New Economies, which is rooted in my experiences working in venture. We’re living in extraordinary times—the most exciting era ever for technology, with groundbreaking trends emerging constantly that will redefine how we live and work in the future. Join me on this journey—subscribe to New Economies to stay ahead of the curve in technology. We’re just getting started!

New Economies is primarily reader-supported, with additional support from select sponsors. Stay on top of the latest technology trends and help sustain our work by subscribing—free or paid.


This week’s sponsor: Syncly

Introducing Syncly Social—the AI social listening platform for modern brands. Syncly aggregates reviews, posts, and conversations from socials and e-commerce (Amazon, Instagram, Reddit, retailer-specific reviews, and many more) for market, competitor, and consumer intelligence, and provides actionable insights, faster and more accurate than ever.

Insights that once took months now surface in just days, enabling your brand to refine products, optimize marketing, and stay ahead of competitors, fast.

Learn how LG Electronics analyzed 970K+ Mentions from 10+ Social Platforms in just a few days.

Subscribers who book a demo through this newsletter link will receive a free trial of Syncly.

Learn more about Syncly Social Now!


Preparing For Your Fundraise

This week’s edition is designed to support founders who are about to raise their first or next round of funding—a process that can be time-consuming and sometimes frustrating. In this edition, we cover:

  • The ultimate list of investor and fundraising docs, along with templates.

  • The ultimate list of Investors.

  • The ultimate list of pitch decks: Learn from unicorn companies.

  • How to price your round.

Let’s dive in!


The Ultimate List of Investor Docs

Building a company is hard, and drafting the best day-to-day resources to help you launch, grow, and succeed can be time-consuming. That’s why we’ve created the ultimate list of investor docs—to help streamline your journey as you fundraise.

The ultimate list includes the following templates for startups fundraising:

  1. Pitch deck: The best-in-class pitch deck template.

  2. Cap table management: Manage your cap table effectively.

  3. Data room: Manage your data room with ease.

  4. Board Meetings: Learn how to prepare board meetings—decks and notes.

  5. Investor Updates: Keep your investors updated.

  6. Financial Modeling: Keep those numbers in order.

  7. SAFE Note: SAFE template.

  8. Series A term sheet: Discover our Series A term sheet.

  9. Tracking: Investor Outreach.


The Ultimate List of Investors

When fundraising, it often takes time to identify potential investors who aren’t already backing one of your competitors. Our ultimate list helps you identify which investors are active in your category and whether they have existing investments in competing companies. The types of investors included are:

  1. VC Investors: The complete list of VC investors.

  2. AI Investors: The complete list of AI investors.

  3. Family Offices: The most active Family Offices.

  4. Angel Investors: The most active Angel investors.

  5. Operators Investing: The most active operators investing in startups.

  6. Accelerators: The complete list.

Upgrade your NEW ECONOMIES subscription for instant access to all resources mentioned as a paid subscriber.


The Ultimate List of Pitch Decks

Storytelling is key to crafting a compelling pitch deck. Explore how the most successful companies secured funding and see the pitch decks they used at the time of their raise.

Discover the pitch decks in full once you become a paid subscriber.


If you're enjoying reading New Economies, help this edition reach more readers by clicking ❤️ and 🔄 at the top of this post.

Upgrade your New Economies subscription to become a premium subscriber and receive:

  • Access to all resources mentioned in this week’s edition.

  • How to price your round.

  • Complete access to Founder Resources.

  • Complete access to our data room.

  • Complete access to our members-only community.

  • Complete access to The Ultimate Startup AI Handbook.

  • Are you a creator and looking for new sponsors? Subscribe to access our data room which includes hundreds of platforms sponsoring creators.

  • The Operator’s Handbook: All the resources to launch your entrepreneurial career.

  • $1 million in discounts at HubSpot, Notion, and other platforms.

  • Full access to all New Economies newsletter editions.

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Ollie Forsyth
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share