Real Hit Rate of Fundraising Outreach
MartinGTobias · x · 2026-07-10
The post cites founder Q&A, giving the realistic range for a funding round: typically contacting 30-150 investors to get few real conversations and one successful reply. The key is not mass outreach but checking fund stage, check size, and investment thesis fit.
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