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Arcane

Stealth • 1m

Even though 25% of all startups on Carta have just a solo founder, VCs hesitate to fund them. Having 2 to 3 founders seems to be the sweet spot if you were to raise VC money while building a startup. So, Is there a way to make VC funding easier as a solo founder? Or should you team up?

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Vishnu Elayi

Stealth • 1m

I'm really struggling to find even one co-founder 😂

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Anonymous 6

Stealth • 1m

So basically, you should have one maker and one seller. THat's the optimal size then

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Anonymous 5

Stealth • 1m

How many is too many? Because 5 is definitely a lot but why 3 is so less funded?

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Anonymous 4

Stealth • 1m

So better to have no cofounders than to have 3?

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Anonymous 3

Stealth • 1m

This just seems like another example of VCs being risk-averse. If the idea and execution are strong, why should team size matter so much? Solo founders bring a focused, nimble approach that could be highly valuable

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Anonymous 2

Stealth • 1m

I'm not surprised by this. VCs likely want to see strong internal collaboration and division of responsibilities. As a solo founder, you'd have to work extra hard to prove you can handle it all

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Anonymous 1

Stealth • 1m

VCs seem to have a bias against backing lone entrepreneurs, despite the success stories out there. We need to push for more open-mindedness in the VC community.

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Is it okay for me to be a solo founder? I have an idea but I am not able to build conviction to hire anyone as a co-founder yet. I think I can manage and scale things alone and I have people who can help me build my startup till a significant scale.

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