Daytona grew from $1M to $100M in four quarters — founder still cold-emailed 400-600 investors for pre-seed
whatsallthiss · x · 2026-11-11
Daytona founder Ivan Burazin says the company went from $1M to $100M in four quarters, yet he still cold-emailed 400-600 people to raise his pre-seed round.
Key takeaways from his advice:
- The outreach targets weren't random — he built a market map of investors who back this kind of company
- Volume and repetition matter: for events, cold-emailing 100 people yields about 20 attendees
- Keep emails extremely short: who you are, what you've built, who's already in, and how much of the round remains. The longer the email, the worse it performs.
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