Fundraising isn't the finish line.

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Fundraising isn't the finish line. Too often, founders treat fundraising like a scoreboard. SeatGeek CEO Jack Groetzinger sees it differently and in this episode of Build Mode he explains why. After raising nearly $400 million, he says capital is a tool, not a vanity metric. The goal isn't to raise the most money. It's to build the best business. He also shares what it was like trying to raise a round in 2020, when the entire live event industry shut down overnight. Watch the full episode here:
  2026/08/04      youtube
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