Ryan Hoover

Experiment: If your startup is growing fast and could use $300K, email me :)

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I ran a similar experiment on Twitter a while ago and realized I should have asked the Product Hunt community. First, some context: I started Weekend Fund in 2017 while I was still the CEO at Product Hunt. Today, @vedika_jain and I write $100K to $300K checks into early-stage startups (most of which launched on Product Hunt at some point). Our background is in product and community building, but we have a network of over 400 LPs across every domain from data science to enterprise sales. More details at weekend.fund. If you're primary KPI (revenue, MAU, etc.) is growing 20%+ for 6+ months, drop me a note with details ryan@weekend.fund. If you have a deck, please share but we'd also love to chat with founders that aren't actively raising but could use our capital and help. :)
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Reed Houcek
I could use some help.
Ryan Hoover
@reed_houcek me too, my man
Chris Messina
Will you share the results of this experiment (even if you don't name names)? :)
Ryan Hoover
@chrismessina yeah! I'll followup here in a week or so. :)
Kushal Shrestha
@chrismessina @rrhoover can't wait to see what unfolds here 👀
Jordi Mon Companys
Ryan Hoover
@chrismessina @jordimonpmm I received several replies but none turned into a check (yet). Many companies are growing nicely, but still very early. There are also several AI-powered companies that have good growth rates but there's a common pattern of high churn as consumers get curious to try new things but are ultimately left disappointed.
Lisa Dziuba
Love this, so sad that I'm not a founder right now :)
André J
Nice inch! For 100-300k how much equity do you require in return? Ballpark number?
Ryan Hoover
@sentry_co it varies by company and stage. We target a 3%+ stake.
André J
@rrhoover Reasonable. ✌️ I'll ping you an email, once we hit exponential growth. Altho it would have to be apart of a wider raise with other investors. A $1-3m seed-round. Would you partake in such around for the right case?
Ryan Hoover
Ruben Boonzaaijer
@sentry_co Tap looks great! I'm notified! ps. ringly.io is live today your support would help us out a lot
Sathish Nagarajan (SNR)
Nice initiative!
Ruben Boonzaaijer
@sathish_nagarajan Interesting product! I'm notified! ps. ringly.io is live today your support would help us out a lot
Markk Tong
Awesome experienment
Ruben Boonzaaijer
@markk0217 Museclip looks fun! I'm notified! ps. ringly.io is live today your support would help us out a lot
Anshul Raghav
@rrhoover great opportunity. Sent you the mail 😁
Atticus Li
Wow, this is amazing. I just applied for my startup Jobsolv. I don't expect anything but it would be cool to just get advice on growing startups!
PRIYANKA MANDAL
Hey Ryan, love the transparency and approach. It's great to see support for startups. If I come across any promising ones or if someone reaches out, I'll definitely point them in your direction. Cheers to fostering innovation.
AmazingSylvia
Love it, I am not a founder yet, but I hope I can make this progress in the future
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