Mapping Startup AR to Funding Stages

Here's what 120 startups +30 VCs/Accelerators (representing 1200+ startups) recommend.

Top voices such as Michael King (Andreessen Horowitz) or Scott Brown (Cervin Ventures) urge b2b tech startups to initiate analyst relations early and strategically.

But how early??

The 𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 found the majority of analysts want to hear startups' original thinking at 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙖 stage — 1/5 even at 𝙈𝙑𝙋 stage.

And 8/10 analysts seek innovators they can recommend to buyers!

Startups didn't quite expect that...

Which 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝘼𝙍 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 should you initiate at which funding stage?

𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁:

In addition, I asked startups:

𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝘼𝙍 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 — 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧?

52% pointed directly at analyst inquiries!

"𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘐𝘊𝘗𝘴."

It's something you just can't get from AI...

👉 Privileged forward info.

It explains how some startups move so much faster than others, reduce risk and secure better funding to level up and break through.

🔥 If you want to understand more about the reality of startup-tailored AR, without falling for mainstream misconceptions, I'm happy to share more VC and SSIA insights, show you proven frameworks others are using and how this might look like for you.

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