How a 22-year-old from Missouri used the 'Gen Z Mafia' Discord group and Clubhouse to raise a $1.5 million seed from top Silicon Valley VCs

Financial world news, market analysis, investment scam prevention tips and more ✔️ Learn all there is to know about the asset management industry. This magazine is crafted specifically for those who are interested in diving into the global asset management world. Branch cofounder and CEO Dayton Mills BranchDayton Mills created a virtual workspace for companies called Branch as a passion project and released it in the summer. To his surprise, Branch started catching the attention of VCs looking for early-stage remote work companies, he told Business Insider. But Mills, a first-time founder from a small town in Missouri, didn't know how to fundraise from Silicon Valley investors. That changed when he joined a Discord server chat room known as "Gen Z Mafia." In it, he met people that taught him the secrets of fundraising on Clubhouse, an audio chat app that's a favorite with VCs. Within a few months, Mills had so many VC offers, he was turning them away. He just closed a $1.5 million seed round from prominent investors like AngelList CEO Naval Ravikant and solo GP Josh Buckley.  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. In July, Dayton Mills received an unexpected Twitter DM from a VC at Union Square Ventures (USV).  The VC was curious to learn about a product Mills had just released called Branch, a virtual workspace which allows users to interact with each other in a simulated office environment. USV had also joined To keep reading about How a 22-year-old from Missouri used the 'Gen Z Mafia' Discord group and Clubhouse to raise a $1.5 million seed from top Silicon Valley VCs, Click on the link. Seoul, Korea
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