Raised money, by the sound of it (4)
I believe the answer is:
bred
'raised' is the definition.
(eg bred children)
'money by the sound of it' is the wordplay.
'money' becomes 'bread' (bread is slang for money).
'by the sound of it' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'bread' sounds like 'BRED'.
(Other definitions for bred that I've seen before include "Had children" , "Brought up, propagated" , "(Well) brought up" , "Very (music)" , "Produced offspring" .)