How to Get Your Startup Series A Ready | Mantle x N6 Finance

Thinking about raising a Series A? In this founder webinar, Ryan Gaines (N6 Finance) and Amit Jethani (Mantle) walk through what “Series A ready” really means, and what to get in order before investors start asking for your data room. Ryan covers how the Series A differs from the seed, the financial foundation investors expect, and the metrics that matter most: ARR and growth, gross margin, burn multiple, and net revenue retention. He also shares how to build a financial model that holds up, and what to clean up 90, 60, and 30 days before a raise. Amit explains why the cap table is often the first thing investors check in the data room, and the common gaps he sees: unsigned securities, messy convertibles, 409A issues, and modeling dilution before your next round. The session closes with a “guess which company raised” case study, where two companies with strong-looking growth take very different paths to a Series A. Speakers: Ryan Gaines, Fractional CFO, N6 Finance Amit Jethani, Co-founder, Mantle Resources: Mantle Equity: equity.withmantle.com/signup Free round calculator: equity.withmantle.com/tools/round-calculator N6 Finance: n6finance.com Chapters: 00:00 Welcome and introductions 02:46 What “Series A ready” means 08:27 The financial foundation 12:57 Metrics to know cold 21:54 Infrastructure + the data room 28:52 Cap table readiness 37:24 Case study: which company raised its Series A? 40:30 The 90-day readiness plan