S1, EP 9: Raad Ahmed, CEO & Founder, Lawtrades "The best startup comeback story i've heard"
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Today on Seed Stories we're going to hear from the Raad Ahmed, CEO and founder of LawTrades https://www.lawtrades.com. 3 years ago, Lawtrades was about to go bankrupt. They failed to raise a Series A. Nobody wanted to invest. This year, they closed $6M in funding ($80M valuation) from 100+ customers and investors using a link and no meetings. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-we-just-raised-6m-80m-valuation-from-100-investors-raad-ahmed/?trackingId=Bj9IjHy%2FTd%2BAuDhiUcdHCQ%3D%3D We'll hear all about his early projects as a tinkerer, how he came up with the idea of Lawtrades, how he got into 500Startups after applying multiple times, what it was like to pivot a few times after raising top tier funding, what it was like to watch Justin Kan launch Atrium and fail making investors concerned about the market, and the LawTrades comeback story. Seed Stories are short conversations with founders on the heels of a raising a recent Seed round. We'll learn about their company, their fundraising process, what worked, what didn't and what their plan is going forward.
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