Founder Insight Survey

Dear Founder,

Your participation is important!

This survey is designed to understand the perceptions and pain points of founders around fundraising. With the information gathered, we hope to better serve founders and the communities in which they operate. 

In exchange for taking the survey, you'll receive 10 hours of free access to office space and private conference rooms in beautiful downtown Redwood City.

All responses in this survey will be kept anonymous. We will only use your email to share the survey results with you. You will be emailed a full report of aggregate findings and insights.
1.Are you a solo founder or do you have co-founders?
2.Are you currently or do you plan to raise venture capital for your startup in the future?
3.Are you a serial founder?
4.What area(s) of expertise do you bring to the team?
5.What is your gender?
6.What is your age?
7.What is your race?
8.What industry category best identifies the sector in which your startup operates?
9.Will you be fundraising for your startup in the next year?
10.How much have you raised to date for your current company?
11.What target amount will you be looking to raise?
12.How confident are you that you will be able to close your next round of funding?
13.If you successfully raise your next round, what will you attribute your success to? (check all that apply)
14.What value-add services do you most value from your advisors or investors? (pick top 3)
15.From your perspective, what are the Top 5 Seed Funds? (Please use commas between names.)
16.From your perspective, what are the Top 5 Series A and beyond VC Firms? (Please use commas between names.)
17.What sort of barriers do you face in raising your round? (check all that apply)
18.Which methods of outreach to investors do you or will you use when you fundraise?
19.How many investors do you plan to pitch when you fundraise?
20.What is most important in choosing your ideal investor? (pick top 3)
21.How important is it for you to raise money from a fund that has a diverse team (gender, ethnicity, etc)?
22.Which new funds have you heard of? (check all that apply)
23.Have you in the past or are you currently participating in an accelerator?
24.If you answered yes to the last question, what accelerator or incubator have you participated in? (If more than one, please separate by commas.)
25.Do you prefer to attend work events in the morning, afternoon or evening?
26.What platforms do you engage on to find info about tech, startups and VC?
27.What publications and accounts do you read or follow for information on tech, startups, the VC community and/or your business sector? (If more than one, please separate by commas.)
28.Where do you go to get and share advice with other founders? (If more than one, please separate by commas.)
29.What is the best piece of advice you can share with other founders on running a successful fundraise process?
30.(Optional) To receive aggregated survey findings and insights in early June, please enter your email. Your email will not be added to any lists or shared with anyone.