{"id":5911,"date":"2026-09-06T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T09:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/?p=5911"},"modified":"2026-09-06T09:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T09:26:03","slug":"the-funding-code-what-vcs-family-offices-look-for-in-high-growth-startups-session-by-rakesh-sidana-at-startup-stairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/the-funding-code-what-vcs-family-offices-look-for-in-high-growth-startups-session-by-rakesh-sidana-at-startup-stairs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Funding Code: What VCs, Family Offices look for in High Growth Startups &#8211; Session by Rakesh Sidana at Startup Stairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE FUNDING CODE!! The masterclass organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/startup-stairs\/\"><strong>Startup Stairs<\/strong><\/a> that covered topics like..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Why do some startups attract investors while others struggle to raise, even when they have a great product?<\/strong>&#8221; Some have understood investors and how to raise funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raising capital is a process of proving that you can build a large, valuable company from your idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>Why are YOU the right person to build this company<\/strong>&#8220;. Investors always look for a founder-fit startup: their domain expertise and experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>If you stop marketing tomorrow, would customers still come?<\/strong>\u201d &#8211; a common question that gives the sense that your startup will be sustainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Do you have a repeatable engine?<\/strong>&#8221; You must have several customers that keep coming back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last 3 years, Rakesh Sidana has been meeting with and sitting with Investors and understanding their thesis. He found many common things: what they look for, why they get convinced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trust building and referrals work much better than anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/funding_code_this.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/funding_code_this.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/funding_code_this-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/funding_code_this-47x60.jpg 47w, https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/funding_code_this-768x975.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23masterclass&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\"><strong>#masterclass<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE FUNDING CODE!! The masterclass organized by Startup Stairs that covered topics like.. &#8220;Why do some startups attract investors while others struggle to raise, even when they have a great product?&#8221; Some have understood investors and how to raise funding. Raising capital is a process of proving that you can build a large, valuable company &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[216,38,42,143,258],"class_list":["post-5911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funding","category-investor","tag-family-office-investors","tag-funding","tag-investor","tag-sidana-ventures","tag-startup-stairs","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5914,"href":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5911\/revisions\/5914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rakeshsidana.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}