{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Impact Pitch: How Tech Founders Tell Stories that Attract Capital","title":"Pocket Sun & Michelle Turner","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/88cbbcdb\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1981,"description":"This episode is a look into the early-stage funding journey of Michelle Turner and her virtual healthcare startup, Here Now Health. The company serves kids in foster care through Medicaid-covered mental health services. The episode features two interviews. The first is with founder Michelle Turner about how she pitched and closed her pre-seed round. The second interview is with her investor Pocket Sun, co-founder and Managing Partner of SoGal Ventures, who shares the investor perspective on what attracted her to the deal and the realities of securing venture capital.Notable Quotes> \"Once I saw it, I couldn't unsee it. I also knew that we could do something about it.\" — Michelle Turner on identifying the foster care healthcare gap> \"They wanted to learn about me. They wanted to learn how I was going to make decisions, how I thought through problems.\" — Michelle Turner on investor priorities> \"We need each bet to have the potential to return the full fund, so that math has to work.\" — Pocket Sun on venture math and 100x returns> \"It's important to see it almost like a trial period already to see whether the VC is too demanding or you actually like the suggestions they're making.\" — Pocket Sun on founder-investor fit","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YTx5Zl7YabBZFjJwzDFRhgaCZli88D14keyIzarI4a4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MGQ4/ODA3Mzc3Nzg3NTBm/MGYzNTc5NWNlMzk3/OTk3NS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}