The Case for Founder-Led Fundraising: Why More Companies Are Raising Capital Without an Investment Banker
For decades, the path to raising capital has looked the same: find an investment banker, pay a retainer, hand over control of the process, and hope for the best. It's a model that made sense when founders had no alternative—when building investor relationships, managing compliance, and closing transactions required specialized infrastructure that simply didn't exist outside of established financial institutions. That's no longer the case. Today, a growing number of founders are choosing to...