Startup & VC Jargon · Vice President level

"Raise a round"

To "raise a round" means to secure a new batch of investment from venture capital or other investors in exchange for equity.

Say this instead: get funding

How "Raise a round" shows up at work

Common enough in startup conversations that the phrase has lost most of its meaning. Whether someone is raising a seed round or a Series C, the verb stays the same, and so does the three-month timeline that becomes twelve.

Buzzword

We're planning to raise a round in Q3 to fund the sales team build-out.

Plain English

We're planning to get funding in Q3 to fund the sales team build-out.

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