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

    Ryan Hoover
    57 replies
    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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    Chris Messina
    Will you share the results of this experiment (even if you don't name names)? :)
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    Ryan Hoover
    @chrismessina yeah! I'll followup here in a week or so. :)
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    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.
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    Lisa Dziuba
    Don’t Panic by Lemon.io
    Love this, so sad that I'm not a founder right now :)
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    Reed Houcek
    I could use some help.
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    Ryan Hoover
    @reed_houcek me too, my man
    André J
    Nice inch! For 100-300k how much equity do you require in return? Ballpark number?
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    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?
    Ruben Boonzaaijer
    @sentry_co Tap looks great! I'm notified! ps. ringly.io is live today your support would help us out a lot
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    Kelly An
    Great to see you back Ryan! Thanks for sharing the Weekend Fund news!
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    Ruben Boonzaaijer
    @sathish_nagarajan Interesting product! I'm notified! ps. ringly.io is live today your support would help us out a lot
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    Thắng Võ
    I could use some help
    Xứng Bùi
    I could use some help.
    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.
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    Anshul Raghav
    @rrhoover great opportunity. Sent you the mail 😁
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    Markk Tong
    AI Desk by Collov AI
    AI Desk by Collov AI
    Awesome experienment
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    Ruben Boonzaaijer
    @markk0217 Museclip looks fun! I'm notified! ps. ringly.io is live today your support would help us out a lot
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    Lilybelle
    I appreciate your transparency and approach towards supporting startups. It’s always great to see successful people giving back to the community. I’m glad to hear that you’re fostering innovation. If I come across any promising startups or if someone reaches out to me, I’ll definitely point them in your direction. Keep up the good work! 😊”
    AmazingSylvia
    Love it, I am not a founder yet, but I hope I can make this progress in the future
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    Russ Halilov
    do you invest in companies who are competitors with your portfolio companies?
    Ryan Hoover
    @russ_halilov we avoid that
    Diksha Patro B
    Manifesting those numbers to be able to reach out to you soon! 🥹
    Michael Gammon
    Hi Ryan, we have a growing pre-seed AI financial model building product and would love your support for our launch this Monday, please follow me, if you think we’re your sort of thing please get in touch, thanks, Mike
    Utkarsh Agarwal
    Emailed you :) We’ve also launched today -- would love your feedback on the same
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    Uche Maxwell
    Yeah, I will follow up Regularly
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    Arlie Rutherford
    I could use some help.
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