How 2 Raise a Seed Round

The Blank Center’s #How2Tuesday series continues on Tuesday, February 18 at 5pm in the Blank Center Televideo Room: How to Raise a Seed Round with David Chang!

Join David Chang, serial entrepreneur and angel investor, for a practical session on how to pitch and land your first investors. David will share his experiences, talk about fundraising basics, walk through a 5-step “how-to” series of tactics to raise from angels/VCs, and finish with pitch tips.

About David Chang
David is an entrepreneur and angel investor who has held operating roles at six startups and invested in nearly 50 companies. He was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Gradifi, which was acquired by E*TRADE. Previously, he was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School and Director of the Babson Summer Venture Program.

David has held product and marketing roles at five Boston-based startups that were acquired. He previously led the PayPal Boston office and co-founded the Start Tank innovation space. Earlier in his career, he held roles at TripAdvisor (IAC), m-Qube (Verisign), edocs (Siebel), SnapMyLife (Exclaim Mobility), and Goldman Sachs.

As a leader in the entrepreneurship community, he holds several advisor/board memberships and has made 40 angel investments in early-stage startups. Awards include Boston Business Journal's Power 50: Most Influential Bostonians, BostInno’s 50 on Fire: Education Winner / Investment Winner / Tech Finalist, and Finalist for NEVY Angel of the Year.

David holds a BS with Distinction in Computer Science from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

What are #How2Tuesdays?:
Want to learn something really practical to get your startup moving in the right direction? #How2Tuesdays are short, workshop style sessions meant to bring you very specific, user friendly instruction on some of the most important things you need to know for your venture. Every Tuesday at 5pm in the Blank Center!