Bring your questions
It's an AMA. The agenda is the questions founders bring, so come with the one holding up your round.
Fundraising AMA · San Francisco
Ask Sahin anything about your raise.
An in-person AMA, one Wednesday every month, for founders raising pre-seed or seed. Bring your real questions. Sahin shares how he raised $15M+ across 6 startups from 140+ investors, including 4 in categories VCs weren't chasing.
- 3
- AMAs held so far
- 130+
- founders have joined
- 5 hours
- per session
- Monthly
- one Wednesday a month
How the AMA works
Built for founders raising now
You should be actively raising a pre-seed or seed round. You don't need to be an exited founder.
Open to the public
The series is open to any founder. Apply on Luma and tell us the one question you would ask Sahin.
What Sahin breaks down
- How he raised before having traction.
- How he found and approached the right early-stage investors.
- How he built fundraising momentum.
- How he negotiated SAFEs and valuations.
- How he managed dilution.
- A live walkthrough of his own cap table.
7 AI fundraising tools, shown live
- 01Investment Memo Generator
- 02AI Pitch Feedback
- 03Investor–Thesis Matching
- 04Investor Finder
- 05Investor-Specific Memo Generator
- 06Investor Intelligence: What is this investor looking for?
- 07WhatsApp Network Mapper for warm introductions
Past sessions
Recordings from earlier AMAs.
Recording coming soon
Fundraising AMA · Session 1
Recording coming soon
Fundraising AMA · Session 2
Recording coming soon
Fundraising AMA · Session 3
September 16, 2026
The rounds behind the advice
Four of Sahin's six startups were not in "hot" categories. Each one still raised, by finding the right investors and a clear story.
MovieLaLa
Social network for upcoming movies
$3M from 37 investorsMojiLaLa & Leo
Sticker marketplace and AR app
$2.44M from 26 investorsRemote Team
International contractor platform, acquired by Gusto
$2.2M from 26 investorsClaros Farm
AI-operated hydroponic farms
$2M from 25 investorsCompanyDNA
Connecting applications to LLMs
$1M from 5 investorsLovie
Agentic finance and banking for AI-native companies
Raised from 27 investorsBring the question holding up your round.
Every attendee gets first access to Lovie CapTable, with our legal operations team on site.
Request a seat on Luma