The Fundraising Bootcamp is a founder-first community and education platform helping pre-seed and seed-stage startups raise capital. We bring together founders, investors, and ecosystem builders across global markets — through a newsletter, live events, and programming designed to make fundraising more accessible and less opaque.

Team: Dasha Kroshkina - serial founder ($5M raised, Techstars & Berkeley SkyDeck alumni), startup mentor, running community of 3,000+ founders

Matviy Kruglov - AWS Startup team, ex-Investor & Ecosystem Expansion Director (currently scout) @UC Berkeley SkyDeck Fund

📊 Audience & Reach

Metric	Our Numbers	Industry Benchmark (Mailchimp)
Community size	2,758	—
• founders	2012
• VC, investors and accelerators	286
Newsletter open rate	45.8%	21.8%
Click rate (fundraising products)	1.2%	—

Our open rate is 2x the industry benchmark — meaning our audience is highly engaged and actively reads every send.

👥 Who We Reach

Pre-seed and seed-stage founders actively fundraising
Venture capitalists, angels, and accelerator partners
Ecosystem builders across SF, LA, NYC, and global tech hubs

📅 Past Co-Hosted Events

1. NY TechWeek: Everything AI Pitch Competition

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📅 Date: June 3, 2026 · 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET 📍 Location: Mr Purple, New York 🔗 Event Page: https://partiful.com/e/TSiQSyzQWUBlrvpwCpMm 🎯 Hosted by: The Fundraising Bootcamp

Registration: 612 guests 👥 Attendance: 189 guests