Thank you for taking part in this survey. It should take no more than 7 minutes to complete.

This research is being conducted by Jeremy Cheng, an MBA candidate at Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS), to gain insights into US start-up fundraising and the role third-party providers of fundraising-related services play therein. You have been selected to take part as someone who may have first-hand experience of the US start-up fundraising process.

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