Amber Atherton is the founder and CEO of Zyper (YC W18).

Iba Masood is the cofounder and CEO of TARA (YC W15).

  / amberatherton  
https://www.zyper.com/

  / ibamasood  
https://tara.ai/

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Topics

00:15 - Intros

1:00 - Seed fundraising for Zyper and Tara

3:10 - Tara's pivot

4:15 - Series A fundraising for Zyper and Tara

17:55 - Evaluating investors

23:30 - Meeting with associates and partners

30:20 - Raising a Series A as a female founder

39:15 - Fundraising psychology

41:30 - What not to do when fundraising

44:45 - Talking to portfolio companies about investors

46:05 - What it's like to run a Series A stage company

1:00:25 - The most important piece of advice for fundraising