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Danielle Morrill

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

By the end of 2013, we reached $500,000 in annual recurring revenue, which prompted us to start thinking about raising a Series A.

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Fundraising Panel at Female Founders Conference 2015

@ Y Combinator

Fundraising Panel at Female Founders Conference 2015

02/24/15

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Y Combinator Cast

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

We raised our Series A after initially facing many rejections, but ultimately secured $3-4 million from various investors.

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Ooshma Garg

04/19/16

@ Y Combinator

Despite initial struggles, we showed some growth, prompting an investor to suggest we raise a Series A round, which I eagerly prepared for.

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Loriana Sardar

04/28/25

@ EO

We currently have 20 paying customers and have generated about $200,000 in annual revenue, while raising a round of $1.5 million.

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Reshma Shetty

06/01/16

@ Y Combinator

We raised money for the first time after five years of existence, once we had a clear picture of our market and customer traction.

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Ooshma Garg

04/19/16

@ Y Combinator

Despite progress, raising Series A was challenging due to increased competition in the food startup space, and we faced another setback in securing funding.

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Tony Xu

03/26/25

@ Y Combinator

Despite facing a down round during our Series C funding, we continued to grow the business and raise additional capital, demonstrating resilience in a competitive market.

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Keith Schacht

11/27/17

@ Y Combinator

When we decided to join Y Combinator, we were already profitable and saw it as an opportunity to scale our team and improve our fundraising efforts.

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Parker Conrad

01/11/25

@ Y Combinator

After exiting Y Combinator, we achieved $200,000 in revenue within six weeks, and by the end of the year, we reached about $1 million, showcasing our rapid growth trajectory.

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Zach Perret

05/27/25

@ Acquired

Raising a large funding round in 2021 allowed us to rapidly expand our engineering team and replatform our data backend, enabling us to shift towards becoming an analytics business.