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The Hardest Thing for Early Stage NC Startups: Finding the Elusive 'Lead' Investor.

In this article, we dig into THE most common challenge fundraising, dig into why and provide strategies for finding your lead.

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Scot Wingo
Jun 09, 2026
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In the last 90 days, I’ve talked to at least 10 founders who have the exact problem illustrated above. They could raise their 1X-2X their pre-seed or seed round amount based on “I’d put in $X if you had a lead” - add those together and you’re there! But sadly it doesn’t work that way. You have to find that lead.

BUT FIRST!

🦞 The Claw Is Back!🦞

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