Todd Porter

Tokyo crew - a great group of global and local AI players coming together tomorrow at CIC Tokyo from 16:30-18:30 for an event on AI Sovereignty & Identity: Who Controls the Stack? Signup here: lnkd.in/gdpA-aF7

@henrythe9ths FUNDRAISE

I got rejected by 144 investors before raising $150M for my $200M+ rev/year startup. After 144 rejections, I started questioning our approach. Were we solving the right problem? What were we doing wrong? Why weren’t investors seeing what we were seeing? Were we the right team to build this? We tried everything: different pitch angles, new deck structures, and reframing the problem. Then came the 145th meeting, where we closed our first growth round. That yes made everything worth it. But getting there took years of mistakes and hard work. We went through a lot of trial and error just to figure out what resonates with investors. We tried dozens of approaches to figure out what made investors engage. Some landed, most didn't. But each iteration taught us something about what builds conviction versus what just sounds good on paper. And once we cracked that code, our Series C closed faster than expected. And today, I see so many founders in the exact same position I was in 10 years ago: grinding through rejections, questioning everything, and trying to figure out what works. So today I want to give you the resource I wish I had back then: Something that shows you exactly how to structure these conversations and navigate the entire process (because the fundraising cycle can be a big distraction and take a toll on you as a founder). So I've partnered with Notion's Startups Team to create the essential fundraising resource that helps you avoid the mistakes that cost me years. Here's what you are getting: • The actual decks I used to raise $150M for Super[.]com (Series B, C) • 50 real examples from funded startups like Eleven Labs and Artisan AI • A searchable database of 10,000+ investors - angels, VCs, and accelerators you can reach out to immediately (this alone would take months to build manually) • An AI-powered fundraising agent built into Notion with step-by-step prompts (no separate ChatGPT needed) Want access? • Like and share this post • Comment "FUNDRAISE" • Follow me so I can DM you the link I'll send it over ASAP. P.S.: If you are serious about fundraising (now or in the future), you should grab it right away.

Osaka-based/connected friends: CIC is launching their 3rd innovation campus in Japan and looking for team members for multiple positions, so for anyone looking for aligned opportunities see/share this link jp.cic.com/en/career/

Looking forward to the Hololife Summit coming to Tokyo October 10-11 hololifesummit.com (Japanese) hololife.jp/pages/hololife… prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p…

Great TBLI Asia virtual mixer tonight. Connected with multiple people we will be following up post-mixer. Thank you for organizing Robert @tbli ! @RunTheWorld365 runtheworld.today/app/cocktail/s…

Yes! (and have enjoyed this type of serendipitous flow with @Mickey at two major overload global gatherings)

明るいところの！

Creative young Moroccan Yasmine has just launched a crowdfunding campaign for Voyaj, her community app bringing people from diverse perspectives together to realize our shared humanity indiegogo.com/projects/make-…

Help Humanitarian initiative supporting Sri Lankan youth training at $1 a day secure 2022 needs—final 15% any amount welcome globalgiving.org/projects/suppo…

Happy World Penguin Day! Created to celebrate these amazing creatures & to alert people to threats facing them. Of the 18 penguin species, 12 considered endangered or vulnerable. Among the main threats to penguins are climate change and ice melt, overfishing, and oil spills

I just minted my new BFF @MyBFF NFT by the wonderfully color-obsessed artist @jadepurplebrown! twitter.com/MyBFF/status/1…

I am verifying my ownership of Real-World SimCity for Climate -- the Planetary Insight Center (PIC) on Gitcoin Grants at gitcoin.co/grants/5108/re…. 👍🎉🎆🎉🎊🎉

Tokyo friends - 2 more days for one of the best exhibitions I have been to in years....so well done by Subaquatic Messenger Ai Futaki and the team at the Cervantes Institute...beautiful, meaningful...including an immersive video room..

big developments DAOs can now incorporate--was wondering which country would be the first mover (and exploring the possibility in another value aligned country)

It took one year to make a sheet of stonepaper from #rock #waste without #water. LungMeng needed a decade to #design machines producing 100K tons per year. Another decade to turn stonepaper into cardboard. Lets start a #RevolutionNow turn #Mining waste without water into #Paper!

Oh yes! Wish i was there with the amazing crew--and very happy so many collaborative ocean protectors are gathering in such a special place! Critical message and mission in support of healthy oceans, essential to 50% of our oxygen, critical life support functions--and magic!

It's too easy to imagine the end of the world. Much easier, sometimes, than imagining a pathway to a better world. Shout out to all the artists and educators who inspire us to believe that a better future is possible, and make that future a reality 🌞❤️

@0xElan you rock! cheers from Tokyo, loved your BFF session!

Friends who earn together, learn together. 👯‍♀️ And we are here to make it happen. Who is BFF & what are we building?? Find out at our kickoff event BFF Minted, 1/26! It’s FREE & payoffs for attending will be BIG (trust us). Join & spread the word! 🎟️ 👉 mybff.xyz