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We've been researching startup and tech events for Causo, and figured we'd share what we found.

There are plenty of event calendars out there, but most just tell you when and where something is happening.

As a founder, that's only half the information you actually need.

What I wanted to know was:

  • Which investors actually attend?

  • Is the event relevant to my startup's stage and industry?

  • Can I apply to pitch, and what could I win?

  • Are there discounted or free startup passes?

  • Is it worth spending a few days and potentially thousands of euros attending?

Startups raised $20M+ with Causo in 4 months after launch

A little celebration post!

We launched Causo 4 months ago with a simple thesis: get precise intelligence -> achieve big things when reaching out to strangers.
Since then, startups using Causo have raised over 20 million dollars in venture funding - all through cold outreach. I kinda forgot to post this - we've been busy building out our generalised deep research and outbound agentic architecture that lets you find any company, even in very niche ICPs, gather powerful intel, and reach the right people.
Extremely proud of our users. You don't need a massive SF based network to fundraise, you just need better knowledge (and having a kickass product doesn't hurt).
I have a couple of discount codes to give out as a celebration - comment Raccoon and I'll toss you 50% off the first month of Causo. Here's to a lot more monies raised and a lot more sales made; and killing spray and pray for good:)

We spent +$250 testing Reddit ads for Causo Fundraising. They paid for themselves.

A couple of weeks ago we started testing Reddit ads for Causo Fundraising, mainly because Reddit has already been one of our strongest organic acquisition channels.

After ~2 weeks:

  • 226 spent

  • 31,483 impressions

  • 165 clicks

  • 0.52% CTR

  • 1.37 CPC

  • ~10 conversions

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