32. One-round wonders, doomed to go under or new path for founders?
Description
Andreas has just learned the term “one-round wonder”, a company that only raises capital once and then becomes profitable, and Julia has been thinking about what such a strategy means for the returns an investor can expect.
They end up speaking about what is needed to become a one-round wonder, whether this makes sense for investors, and do a quiz trying to guess which well known companies only raised one round before becoming profitable.
Company of the week: Bantaba
Other resources mentioned: suno.ai
Hosted by Julia Delin & Andreas Johansson
Edited by Victor Ganguly
Responsible publisher: Lars Strannegård
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