Raising Capital for Green Businesses: Which Option is Best for You? | Fundr Interview

2022-12-15

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It all comes down to your goals. You must make sure there isn’t a disconnect between your goals and the goals of your investors. In this interview, Lauren Washington speaks to all the things that you have to consider when first searching for funding, and some of the biggest misconceptions. We also dive deep into Lauren’s new business venture: Fundr and how they are working to end the bias that surrounds the investing space through artificial intelligence. Chapters 0:00 - Raising Capital for Green Businesses 2:13 - Big misconception for raising cap...

It all comes down to your goals. You must make sure there isn’t a disconnect between your goals and the goals of your investors.

In this interview, Lauren Washington speaks to all the things that you have to consider when first searching for funding, and some of the biggest misconceptions.

We also dive deep into Lauren’s new business venture: Fundr and how they are working to end the bias that surrounds the investing space through artificial intelligence.

Chapters

0:00 - Raising Capital for Green Businesses

2:13 - Big misconception for raising capital

3:29 - What happens when the funding isn’t a good fit

6:09 - Why are people funding your business?

7:50 - The misalignment

831:05 - One thing everyone should know about funding

10:26 - Fundr Intro

11:00 - Removing bias on the investor side

12:28 - Lauren’s background

14:02 - Pieces of the algorithm

15:28 - Quantifying metrics

16:07 - Base data for algorithm

19:12 - Being at the forefront of AI

21:21 - Lauren’s hope for this technology

22:47 - What would be that next level for this technology?

24:41 - Other things to consider when raising capital

26:55 - Ecopreneur process for funding through Fundr

27:29 - Investor process with Fundr

28:15 - 2022/2023 goals

28:54 - What Lauren is learning

30:04 - The Mom Test: how to do market research

30:56 - How to get in touch with Lauren: LinkedIn

Check out Fundr’s website:

https://www.fundr.ai/

Lauren mentions a great book about talking to customers to validate your offer so that you don’t waste time and money:

The Mom Test: https://amzn.to/3UIL5L6

Check out this interview that I mention at the end of the episode:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/eS4ixr7wMp4

Audio: https://podcast.greenbusinessimpact.com/e/eco-friendly-investing-without-compromising-performance-balanced-capital-interview/?token=f0fc48a08c20eb9a6017fd8425332976

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