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Roadmap to a SaaS IPO: how to unicorn your way to $100M revenue

Uncover 7 golden metrics leading to a SaaS IPO - timeframe, growth rate, EBITDA, funding, exit milestones, sales, and headcount.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | February 28, 2022

VCs can beat accelerators at their own game – here’s how

Accelerators aren't the right model for founder support. VC firms are not designed for portfolio support. A hybrid "cash & sweat" model could fill the gap.

Posted by Kevin Monserrat | February 1, 2022

How to whitelist OpenVC

As an investor or a founder, you need to whitelist OpenVC to exchange via email. Here's how to do it - on Gmail, on Outlook, on mobile, on laptop.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | November 30, 2021

Introducing OpenVC - A better way for VCs to be found

2,000+ VC firms worldwide. Searchable by investment thesis. Radically free and open.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | November 1, 2021

A primer on the Polish VC ecosystem

Before 2019, the Polish VC market was the size of a single B round in the US. Then it 10x'd. Bohdan Mashtalir breaks down how this happened, and the limitations that still hinder the space in Poland.

Posted by Bohdan Mashtalir | January 4, 2021

Introducing OpenDeck - 1,200+ startup slides sorted by category

Over the past 7 years, I have been many times in a position to (help) build pitch decks for early-stage startups. Because I suck at designing slides, I started to steal inspiration from famous pitch decks.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | October 6, 2020

How to evaluate an early-stage startup

This is my homemade methodology to assess early-stage startups. It's a simple but thorough checklist that prospective founders, investors, and employees can go through before committing their time or money.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | July 7, 2020

How This Startup Is Raising $1.5M To Build an AI Companion for Physicians

An interview with Emmanuel Henry-Ajudua and Justin Goolcharan, co-founders of Medical Student AI, on building for a problem they live every day, turning investor rejections into a product roadmap, and why a $30K check from the right person was worth more than $10 million from the wrong one.

Posted by Shaun Gold | January 1, 2020

How FOMO.ai Raised $2.2M To Replace Marketing Agencies with AI

An interview with Dax Hamman, co-founder of FOMO.ai, on raising entirely through SAFE notes, why getting fast rejections is a strategy, and the concept of building gravitational pull around your company.

Posted by Shaun Gold | January 1, 2020