Series A Needs to Change
October 6, 2025
I’ve been in Silicon Valley for almost 20 years and during that time the Series A round has barely changed.
Today, we’re talking about keeping it simple when you’re seed fundraising.
Almost everybody goes through a rough patch when fundraising and it’s tempting to take investor feedback around your market, competition or similar issues and go straight down a deep research rabbit hole.
These kind of deep dive analyses don’t tend to sway investors. You should definitely have a document with answers to the common objections, but that’s obviously not the same as writing an 8 page white paper on your differentiatiors.
Sometimes a lead investor just won’t materialize. Rather than doing tons of research it’s usually better to go back to focusing on customers. All Investors will eventually say yes to traction.
