Fundraise Convo for Venture CEO's (private, invite-only)


Venture-Backed Founder Convo

A reality check for venture-backed founders from a top CEO

It's my honor to invite you to RSVP now to the hottest venture-backed conversation of 2025. We've arranged for the top founder of AEXLAB to share his fundraising perspective on VC's. The audience will be full of venture founders. Conversation will be curated by myself, it's going to be extremely helpful for CEO's.

Founder Extraordinaire

AXELAB

Legendary emerging tech CEO, and Forbes 30 Under 30, Jonathan Ovadia! AXELAB has raised $15 Million, from top VC's, and built it all from scratch.

His Startup Metrics

$5.5 Million in lifetime revenue.

365K MAU (monthly active users)

Emcee & Host

Don Stein raised $10M for his past companies, one startup and one venture fund. He worked at Meta, and scouted for General Catalyst. RSVP!

Don't miss out on a chance to chat with Jonathan - a top CEO in emerging tech startups. Nobody can give insights like he can; ideation to Series A. More than just raising funding, he's a passionate leader. RSVP today for our January 22nd conversation at 4:30 PM ET on Zoom. More to come but RSVP now before spots fill up. So that you don't need to deal with calendar hassle, I've set up the RSVP so you just register on Calendly and it'll add the Zoom link to your calendar.

~Don Stein

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