How do you raise money for a startup business in 2025

Raising money is HARD. Having been through techstars, interviewed at YC and sold a SAAS i can tell you raising from any investor is very hard. I also have a background in finance and have learn that getting in investor is difficult and only 2% of startups actually even manage to get to this point.

The metrics have to make sense and so does the team

This is true for any business and its getting harder to raise money as VC money begins to die out and investors pull more and more cash out of the systems.

VC's look at

1) the team and its background

2) the revenue (do you have any at all? how many customers are sticking around)

3) The sector (AI? - which sectors are trending right now)

Conclusion

Be honest about your business. Try to focus on things that can work and will work. Introduce the team and your backgrounds. Keep your investors updated constantly with memos on how your business is doing.