Why You Need a Lead Investor for Your Funding Round

Other investors require a lead. What are they looking for?

DC Palter
Entrepreneurship Handbook
6 min readApr 2, 2024

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You’ve pitched your startup. Investors are interested. They’re telling you to contact them after you find a lead investor.

Fortunately, one of your early supporters steps up and says he’s willing to be the lead. Excited, you return to the other investors…

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