Why you’re bad at fundraising—and how to fix it | Philip Wiseman | TEDxMidland

$469 billion. That's how much money startups raised in 2025. Money.It's the lifeblood of any startup, especially yours. But in today's competitive fundraising environment, how do you just get investors to hand it over. You got to rob a bank to get your company off the ground.Not quite. My name is Philip Weisman and for the last decade I've helped clients on both sides of the deal table raise and invest more than $60 billion worldwide. And today I serve as in-house counsel to one of the world's largest finan ...