How to Raise Pre-Seed Funding, From Biotech Founders Who've Done It

While approaching family and friends is often the first step at pre-seed, real traction comes from widening your circle and building relationships that lead to warm introductions. That includes accelerators, angel groups, conferences, and targeted outreach on LinkedIn. “Shake people’s hands, reach out to 10 different founders, ask them to give you two introductions and those two to give you two more introductions,” Papin-Zoghbi said.