Imho the wrong word in your question is funding. Do you really need funding to build your tool? If so pick another tool you can get your hands dirty on without

Imho the wrong word in your question is funding. Do you really need funding to build your tool? If so pick another tool you can get your hands dirty on without the needed funding. It isn't wrong to think about funding upfront but it shouldn't be holding you back to just hack your idea's together and get it outthere. If it gets enough traction you can really start looking for people to help out of get some VC. I myself am in a similar situation so i'm not speaking out of experience but I do know that sitting around thinking about how to get money isn't going to get your product/project launched. Just do it already :)