About this episode

Andrei Serban discusses his journey with Console and shares insights on raising capital and managing company exits.

Produced by Foundersuite (for startups: www.foundersuite.com) and Fundingstack (for emerging manager VCs: www.fundingstack.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with with Andrei Serban of Console, a San Francisco-based startup that provides an AI-powered IT Service Management platform that automates routine internal support requests and IT tasks directly through platforms like Slack and Microsoft Teams. Learn more at www.console.com In this episode, we discuss the acquisition of Andrei's previous company, Fuzzbuzz, by Rippling and he shares tips for managing the exit process. We then discuss what Console does and why he started the company. Following that, Andrei shares the story of raising capital from Thrive Capital, DST Global and prominent angels, how he ran a really tight 2 week process, how he used AI and an Investor Memo in the process, tips for who to target at a VC fund, why he likes to hire ex founders, and more. Andrei is a repeat guest of the show -- to catch the original episode when he was building Fuzzbuzz, click here…

People in this episode

Host: Foundersuite

Guest: Andrei Serban

Topics covered

• capital raising
• startup funding
• IT service management
• entrepreneurship
• AI technology
• exit strategies

Keywords

• capital raising
• startup
• AI
• IT service management
• entrepreneurship
• Fuzzbuzz
• Thrive Capital
• DST Global
• investor relations

Sponsors

Foundersuite

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Console, Fuzzbuzz, Rippling, Thrive Capital, DST Global, Ramp, Box, Palo Alto Networks, Fundingstack

Places: San Francisco, Slack, Microsoft Teams

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