Leif Abraham, co-founder & co-CEO @ Public.com: How Public Raised Over $300M

Leif Abraham is the co-founder and co-CEO of Public.com, an investing platform with a mission to make the public markets work for everyone. Public.com was founded in 2019, scaled to over 1M users in the less than 18 months post launch and has since raised over $300M from notable investors like Accel and Tiger Global. In Today's episode you will hear from Leif about: - Pitching almost 100 VCs for his first company before getting a single yes from Thrive Capital - What founders often get wrong when they go out to fundraise from VCs - Massive tailwinds for Public.com due to Covid and Gamestop - Events contracts and the election (Robinhood & Kalshi) - His hot take on the future of consumer fintech Thank you to todays sponsor Joinwarp.com. Warp offers almost instant payroll & compliance solutions for startups and venture capital firms. For a free pair of Apple Airpods 4, inquire to learn more. https://www.joinwarp.com/novpromo?utm_source=nichole