Everything you need to close your round.
Step-by-step playbooks for every part of the fundraise — written by operators, vetted by investors, kept up to date.
Writing the one-pager
The 280-word problem/solution that gets investors to read your deck. Anatomy, examples, and 12 templates by sector.
Read guide →The 10-slide seed deck
Slide-by-slide breakdown — what every investor wants on every slide, what to leave out, what kills a deck.
Read guide →The data room
Cap table, financial model, customer references, security review — the order serious investors expect to see them in.
Read guide →Reading a term sheet
Liquidation preferences, anti-dilution, board composition, vesting — every clause that matters, in plain English.
Read guide →Co-founder agreements
Equity split frameworks, vesting cliffs, IP assignment, departure clauses — get the structure right before the round opens.
Read guide →Negotiating the close
The 14-day playbook — from soft circle to signed term sheet, with scripts for every common pushback.
Read guide →Post-close investor updates
The monthly update template that keeps investors warm and follow-on cheques flowing. With actual examples.
Read guide →Bridging to Series A
The 8 metrics A-stage VCs actually look at, when to start the conversation, and how to run a clean second round.
Read guide →Investor Q&A scripts
Real questions from PocketFund discussions, with sample answers founders have used to close — sorted by stage.
Read guide →Ready to put this into practice?
Launch your idea on PocketFund and get matched with investors writing checks at your stage.