The Minutes of David Friedberg on fundraising https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/fundraising/ Everything David Friedberg has said on fundraising: 3 verbatim quotes between September 2022 and August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:44 +0000 Friedberg was rejected by all VCs he approached, including Mike Moritz and John Doerr from Google's board. https://minutesof.com/q/491525ce-1439-4bd4-850d-b0fdd152a9ca/ https://minutesof.com/q/491525ce-1439-4bd4-850d-b0fdd152a9ca/ “And Danny's like, I'll introduce you to all the VCs in the Valley. I had met two of them from Google's board meetings, Mike Moritz and John Doors.” — Venture Europe Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:21:31 +0000 fundraising Friedberg raised exactly $2.2 million from friends and network connections to start WeatherBill after VCs reje https://minutesof.com/q/c515dc0a-f93f-4965-ad38-6ebed38d9ab7/ https://minutesof.com/q/c515dc0a-f93f-4965-ad38-6ebed38d9ab7/ “I raised, like, $2,200,000 from friends and, like, networking to other people that Danny had introduced me and that my friends introduced me to.” — Venture Europe Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:21:31 +0000 fundraising Friedberg says strong storytellers can infinitely fundraise and sell products that don't exist yet. https://minutesof.com/q/b79c37e4-9b3e-4028-907e-25adb2cb8db4/ https://minutesof.com/q/b79c37e4-9b3e-4028-907e-25adb2cb8db4/ “The individuals who possess a strong storytelling trait, an ability to paint a picture that elicits emotional context in the listener in a way that drives them to act is a person that can infinitely fundraise, that can attract and recruit the best employees, that can sell customers on a product that doesn't even exist yet.” — The Julia La Roche Show Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:21:04 +0000 fundraising