How I Raised $20m+ in a Brutal Market: Fireside Chat - #SFTechWeek

Name: How I Raised $20m+ in a Brutal Market: Fireside Chat - #SFTechWeek
Start: 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Palm House

Thursday, Oct 8

5:00pm

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Capital is harder to come by, but great companies are still getting funded. This SF Tech Week, Forecastr's Steven Plappert and Logan Burchett sit down with Ryan Nash from Gust for a fireside chat on what it actually takes to fundraise in this environment. Steven, who's raised over $20M in five rounds (four of them oversubscribed), walks through how he actually built each round: the calendar structure he used to stay ahead of investors, how he tracked momentum through the process, and the moments where a round almost fell apart before it came together. Logan, who has 6+ years as a fractional CFO, has built financial models for 200+ startups, and has managed $16B+ in assets, talks through running the company's operations while the CEO is out fundraising, the side of the story that doesn't usually get told. Agenda: 5:00 PM - Networking & Food 5:30 PM - Session Starts 6:30 PM - Networking & Food 7:30 PM - Event Ends Food is provided for through Palm House! This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.