# Raising a Pre-Seed Round for Female-Founded Startup, Rella: Everything You Need to Know
In this video, Natalie Barbu shares her journey of raising a pre-seed round for Rella, a female-founded startup. With only 2% of female founders being venture-backed, this is a significant achievement that Natalie is proud to share. She discusses the process of raising capital, the common questions she received throughout the journey, and offers invaluable tips on fundraising for startups.
If you’re a founder going through the same process, this video can provide hope and inspiration. Natalie’s candid sharing of her experience, including the challenges and rejections she faced, can also serve as a guide for your own fundraising journey.
Natalie thanks Squarespace for partnering with her to build Rella’s website, highlighting the value of having a digital presence for startups. She also shares an exclusive discount code for Squarespace and links to Rella’s website and social media accounts.
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– [VentureBeat](https://venturebeat.com/)
This might be the most exciting video I’ve had a privilege of recording in 2022! We closed our pre-seed round for Rella (!!) With only 2% of female founders being venture backed, I find this a bit more exciting. I am so proud of our team. Join us on your journey. And thank you to Squarespace for sponsoring this video. Get 10% off your first purchase using code NATALIEBARBU or go to https://squarespace.com/nataliebarbu
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Great story, Natalie! Thanks for sharing! Wishing you all the best with Rella!
Congratulations
Really excited for this video! I’m a startup founder and have gone through the gambit of accelerators. Would love to know how you assessed which investors would be good partners + how you got introductions to them! Excited to listen to the video and podcast
Hey Natalie, I had much fun listening to you, and it was helpful as well. Thank you! We are building a marketplace, and we are in a very early stage. I wonder if you needed a business plan for raising the money or if your pitch deck was enough? I would appreciate for the answer
great vid super informative – Im a data analyst building a roommate matching application to help people find an ideal roommate based on criteria on like whether you enjoy hosting guests or thermostat preferences 👍
im interested in more videos!
Congrats on the huge milestone 🎊
Think a cool follow up to this video would be introducing the team along with the actual pitch you gave to investors.
I can relate to the mental challenges, especially when doubt starts to creep in. Making it this far proves that you have what it takes to come out on top.
Keep your head up, don't let the crown tilt.
Nice to see you progressing with your start up. It's extremely hard to get funding. You should be proud. I hope you can secure a next round of funding too. I'll checkout your pod.
Thanks for the insight Natalie! Going through it right now as a Founder for a SaaS – the rejections are real! But definitely more motivated now with your insights! Merci!
Yes please share how to pitch
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Look Natalie I was watching this while goal setting for 2023 and when you got to the fast forward part I thought I clicked the wrong button and my laptop had broke! Love your content as always <3
This was such a great video Natalie! It was so informative. I would love a series on this and maybe even more into your team, what everyone’s role is and how you all came together ❤
Congrats on raising money. Excited to see how things go next year!
congratulations!!🎉🎉
congrats！
So proud of you Natalie!! I have watched you grow on YouTube for over 4 years now and it’s so inspiring to see where you are now. Huge congrats on this milestone!!
Next video elaborate how the money flows. For example when an investor hands you a $100K check, what does it specifically fund or where is it deposited? How are those things agreed upon and determined?Things like that
Yay congratulations Natalie! Been following you and your journey for a while! I've learned so much from your videos and recent webinars and I'm so excited for you and Rella!
woohoo! my bf is in the startup world so i know this means a lot!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
This was so informational.