What You Need for a Series a Today
April 16, 2026
A lot of founders think they’re ready for Series A, but they’re not even close because expectations nowadays are significantly more than recent years.
A lot of founders think they’re ready for Series A, but they’re not even close because expectations nowadays are significantly more than recent years.
If you’re building a scalable app, $2M Annualized should be your baseline goal, usually consistently growing an average of 15%/month or more for 6 months.
You can get away with slightly lower numbers, like $1.5M annualized. If you have a genuine and measurable tech advantage over the competition.
There are always outliers in these situations, so if you have someone or something that is truly world beating, you can still raise whatever you want. Starcloud put the first Data Center in space, needless to say their Series A had high demand.
Best of luck out there.
