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Love your “Stay adamant and be chased”!). What’s the best strategy to create FOMO amongst VCs once you have a lead VC investor and want to close the round very fast (and ideally be oversubscribed)?

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Thanks man!

Hopefully you have others in the process to push them to make a decision and compete. A simple note honestly telling them you have to make a decision soon and would like to work with them will help.

To fill out the round you should take the stance of looking for the most strategic complements to your round. Let follow-on funds know you’re looking for very specific things so they know they have to compete to be considered

Also ask your advisors and friends if they know of any funds you should talk to. Whereas before, it was a favor for you to ask for intros, it is now a favor to them to be able to intro...

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