48 min

Ep. 178 How I Raised It with Zuleyka Strasner of ZeroGrocery How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.

    • Business

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Zuleyka Strasner of ZeroGrocery.com which offers a grocery delivery platform that provides shoppers with a convenient and plastic-free delivery service.

In this episode, Zuleyka talks about how she started the business and validated the market with $2,500 from her apartment building, what it's like navigating Silicon Valley and raising capital as a Black, trans, woman immigrant (and why resilience is key), why it's important to not waste time on investors who are "just not that into you," how COVID19 has dramatically changed the landscape for her business (in a good way), and much more.

The Company most recently raised $3 million of seed funding in a deal led by 1984 Ventures. Luma Launch, GingerBread Capital, Forward Venture Capital, Chingona Ventures, Concrete Rose Capital, INCITE, MaC Venture Capital, Gaingels Syndicate, Cleo Capital, Bluestein Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, VitalizeVC, WOCstar Fund, Precursor Ventures, SGH Capital, City Light Capital, Kapor Capital, Vitalize Venture Group, Tina Bou-Saba, Basecamp Fund, and Arlan Hamilton also participated in the round.

How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016.

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Zuleyka Strasner of ZeroGrocery.com which offers a grocery delivery platform that provides shoppers with a convenient and plastic-free delivery service.

In this episode, Zuleyka talks about how she started the business and validated the market with $2,500 from her apartment building, what it's like navigating Silicon Valley and raising capital as a Black, trans, woman immigrant (and why resilience is key), why it's important to not waste time on investors who are "just not that into you," how COVID19 has dramatically changed the landscape for her business (in a good way), and much more.

The Company most recently raised $3 million of seed funding in a deal led by 1984 Ventures. Luma Launch, GingerBread Capital, Forward Venture Capital, Chingona Ventures, Concrete Rose Capital, INCITE, MaC Venture Capital, Gaingels Syndicate, Cleo Capital, Bluestein Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, VitalizeVC, WOCstar Fund, Precursor Ventures, SGH Capital, City Light Capital, Kapor Capital, Vitalize Venture Group, Tina Bou-Saba, Basecamp Fund, and Arlan Hamilton also participated in the round.

How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $2.5 Billion since 2016.

48 min

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