If what you’re saying is true, don’t you have ALL of the leverage? Like go have a conversation with all parties telling them what you want to happen. The company has to know about you… You can’t raise blindly. There’s due diligence and a million other variables for them not to know what you are doing. I’m surprised they haven’t come to you directly at this point already. Only thing I can imagine is that you’re either missing something big time or blowing smoke up our ass.

There’s no way a CEO is letting you raise on their behalf without knowing you.