Startup 101 for founders

At Fusion Fund, we are committed to empowering our founders, especially those venturing into the startup realm for the first time or those with deep technical expertise. Our approach involves crafting an extensive range of in-house training materials, including the 'Start-up 101' series. These resources are uniquely developed by the Fusion team, leveraging their direct experiences as former entrepreneurs and industry experts. Our offerings cover essential topics such as 'Effective Fundraising Techniques', 'Board Building and Management', 'Decoding Term Sheets and Dilution', among others. This suite of materials is designed to equip our founders with the critical knowledge and tools essential for their journey towards entrepreneurial success, complementing our existing CXO network, office hours, and other strategic resources available through the Founders Hub.

CXO NETWORK

Led by Shane Wall, the CXO Network is a highly engaged group of executive-level members from Global 1000 companies, including some of the largest corporations in the world. These executives are often the ones tasked with driving digital transformation initiatives and are thus motivated to stay attuned to the latest and greatest technology innovations. Portfolio founders have direct access to these key decision makers to accelerate market validation and commercialization timelines, as well as driving advisory or independent board relationships.

Founder/vc OFFICE HOURS

The Fusion Fund team hosts regular weekly office hours for any entrepreneurs looking to get an investor perspective in an informal setting. From specific startup advice to general questions to get an unbiased VC perspective, all are welcome to grab time to discuss any topic. No strings attached – this is our way to further support the broader early-stage founder community by lowering the access barrier to the venture ecosystem.

Enterprise AI, Fin Tech and Data Security (w/ Auguste Fagniez)

Enterprise Data and Security (w/ Sanjeev Kumar)

FUNDRAISING & EXIT STRATEGIES

As experienced operators who have been on both sides of the table for a large spectrum of transactions across early-stage startups and large corporates, we take a hands-on approach to guide founders on everything from the fundraising process to achieving liquidity. Whether it’s raising growth capital, preparing to go public via IPO or SPAC, or negotiating an M&A, we leverage our first-hand experience to support founders in maximizing the value of their company.

RECRUITING PLATFORM

Fusion Fund offers a number of recruiting resources to support our portfolio founders as they recruit high quality executive talent and individual contributors, from the first check in to growth stage and beyond. From high quality headhunters to exclusive university relationships to Fusion Fund’s own proprietary executive talent database, the team works closely with founders to enable them to affordably bring in the right talent at the right time.

SOCIAL EVENTS

Fusion Fund regularly hosts sponsored social events, which provide founders opportunities to make connections with each other and with other investors. Fusion Fund also hosts an annual CEO summit bringing together high profile executives and key luminaries from technology to provide coaching opportunities and other potential partnerships.

Fusion Fund frequently hosts a variety of focused community events to foster stronger long-term connections.

PARTNERS & SPECIAL OFFERS

Fusion Fund establishes close connections with partners and vendors that provide special offers to our portfolio companies. Portfolio founders can access a full list of offerings here (please ping a Fusion Fund team member for password)

Partners include: AWS, Notion, KPMG and many more