Unless you're solving a hard technical problem, you don't need to raise a VC round anymore. It's no longer a flex to announce big fundraising rounds. Now a red flag.
Ben Pasternak
Ben Pasternak26.6.2025
VC is dying. If I were starting a company today, I wouldn’t raise any. Founders don’t need it anymore. With AI, it’s possible to go far with little outside capital. “$X raised” used to be the flex. Now it’s ARR and MRR. Two years ago, no one put these metrics in their bios — now they're hard to escape. That said, people still need a spark to get going. Something to think about.
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