Many early-stage founders, especially eCommerce founders, struggle with getting their finances ready for fundraising.
Alice Zhang, founder of myPocketCFO, will share tips on getting your financial ducks in a row for fundraising. Topics will cover accrual-based accounting, cash/working capital management, bottom-up forecasting, debt financing and equity raising, and other critical financial elements an investor will be looking at.
About Alice Zhang:
Alice has been serving in a CFO & FP&A planning capacity for startups and Fortune 500 companies in the past decade.
She raised $15M in VC funding and over $10M in alternative financing before.
She co-founded Wharton Alumnae Founders and Funders Community (WAFFA), a 501-(c) (3) organization with over 4000 members.
She is a McKinsey and Wharton alumnae.
About WAFFA
The Wharton Alumnae Founders & Funders Association (WAFFA) is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Our mission is to accelerate the success of Penn Wharton female founders and investors. Today, 13% of Penn founders are women but they raise just 6% of venture capital. WAFFA harnesses the power of the Penn Wharton network to educate, support, and foster connections for female founders and funders.