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Jason Yeh

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Jason Yeh

@jayyeh

I share insights on fundraising + run free office hours to help founders raise capital Prev: @greycroftvc @harvardhbs Pod: @fundedpod Now: @adamantfounders

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Joined January 2009

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Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Jul 23, 2021
1) Great founders with great fundraising skills 2) Bad founders with great fundraising skills 3) Great founders with bad fundraising skills 1's and 2's get funded. 3's do not, and it hurts to see. That's the problem i'm trying to solve.
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Oct 30, 2025
Love telling founders a couple things related to this: - you don't delete slides...you move them to the appendix - after 5 pitches, you'll hear 80% of all the smart questions you'll hear while fundraising. After 10 pitches, that number will be like 95%. When you hear a new
Jenny Fielding
@jefielding
Oct 29, 2025
Our newest fund deck is 20 slides but we have created 42 slides in total. Nothing you can ask me that I don’t have a slide for…
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Dec 14, 2022
The VC slowdown is real But 400+ brave VCs still invested over $1M in seed deals last month If you're raising soon, maybe start with them? To help, I made a list of 418 investors who led round over $1M If you want it 1. Comment "Nov Leads" 2. RT + Follow so I can DM it
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Jan 10, 2023
YC-backed founder to me: “The bar for being a good investor is really low. As long as you do no harm, you’re in the top 10%” Think about that for a sec…
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Apr 7, 2022
I see hundreds of deals every year In the past 2 yrs, 99% of the deals I've seen <$2MM have been done on POST-money cap SAFEs But 99% of founders don’t know how these work (& they pay for this ignorance) Read on for more + the excel model that clarifies things 👇
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Feb 22, 2023
They said VC would be DEAD in 2023 ☠️ Nope. VC investment in SaaS is making a real comeback ...starting with this list of 142 funds that have made a SaaS investment since January If you want the list 1. Comment + LIke 2. RT + Follow so I can DM it (thx for the RT love🙏)
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Dec 5, 2023
Hot take about Y Combinator: Many of their startups will get left high and dry after the initial hype. If you're not in the top 5% of YC with explosive growth, you may struggle more than if you hadn't been in YC
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Jan 3, 2023
Just my regularly scheduled reminder: The standard YC issued post-money SAFE has anti-dilution embedded in it
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Feb 14, 2023
Founder heartache today 💔
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Jul 31, 2022
I once was told by a VC that my goal of helping founders become great at fundraising was a waste. Great founders are already great at fundraising was the message I don’t agree at all. Thoughts? Would love to hear from the VC crowd...
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Aug 1, 2023
Founders: Supercharge your Fundraise 🔋 5 areas of focus you need to conquer: 1. Narrative 2. Outreach Strategy 3. Fundraising Tools 4. Founder Mindset 5. Investor Psychology Here's a cheatsheet to get you started For the full PDF: 1. Like 2. Comment 3. Follow (so I can DM)
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Aug 24, 2021
Want my investor outreach pack including email templates, outreach playbook, and 14k+ investor names sorted by category for free? Just: 1. Retweet this 2. Comment "Sweet!" below And I will DM it to you (so many hours of internet research and testing went into this!)
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Dec 21, 2022
Derp. I've got more gray hairs just hearing about some of these raises...
Jason Yeh
@jayyeh
Jun 21, 2023
Fun fact: Founders who excel at fundraising are also fantastic at recruiting top talent Thought on why that is?