Online Event
What It Takes to Get Funded: Live Investor Q&A w/ Maayan Teper
Learn the most effective tactics to raise your next round
Date
Jun 09, 2026
Time
09:00 am - 10:30 am
Address
Online Event
Do you want to ask questions to startup investors about fundraising in a friendly, judgment-free environment? Are you looking to raise funding in the future, and want to learn what investors look for and how they evaluate potential investments? Then join us for this live, interactive Q&A event featuring Maayan Teper, Investor at Resilience VC. Don't miss this opportunity to expand your network and ask in-depth questions.
What You'll Learn:
- The key metrics investors evaluate in early-stage startups
- What makes founders stand out during fundraising
- How investors assess traction, market opportunity, and risk
- The differences between angels, VCs, grants, and other funding sources
- Practical ways to prepare before raising your next round
Featured Speaker:
- Maayan Teper is Investor at Resilience VC, a seed-stage fintech fund backing embedded financial technologies that expand economic access for low- and moderate-income Americans and small businesses. Before Resilience, he evaluated investments at Better Ventures across climate, healthcare, and the future of work, and worked as a senior associate at Social Finance. Maayan has spent his career at the intersection of capital and impact; and brings a rare combination of financial rigor and mission-driven perspective to every conversation about what makes an early-stage startup worth backing.
Featured Host:
- Chris Foltz is a Global Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Founder Institute and Managing Director of Responsible Solutions, a Silicon Valley-based global strategy firm. He advises founders, executives, and policymakers across 6 continents on brand storytelling and go-to-market strategy. Named to the IRG100, an annual list of the world's top 100 CMOs and change agents, Chris brings a rare, unfiltered perspective shaped by a career that has spanned partisan politics, personal adversity, and a remarkable reinvention.a seed-stage fintech fund backing embedded financial technologies that expand economic access for low- and moderate-income Americans and small businesses.
Who Should Attend:
- Founders preparing to raise their first round
- Early-stage entrepreneurs seeking insight into investor decision-making
- Aspiring founders planning to fundraise in the future
- Anyone curious about how investors evaluate startups
About the FI Venture Network
The FI Venture Network is an exclusive network of investors actively funding pre-seed and seed-stage startups before anyone else. Learn more by visiting the FI Venture Network page.
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About Founder Institute:
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