Most media outlets focus on startups with skyrocketing valuations, massive series ABC raise figures, and frightening cap tables, giving future founders the impression that the only way to build a business is to raise money from VC's every 12-18 months until you sell. We’ve created Fully Vested to celebrate the founders who follow a different path, and the investors that back them.
Fully Vested
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Most media outlets focus on startups with skyrocketing valuations, massive series ABC raise figures, and frightening cap tables, giving future founders the impression that the only way to build a business is to raise money from VC's every 12-18 months until you sell. We’ve created Fully Vested to celebrate the founders who follow a different path, and the investors that back them.
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Recent Episodes
September 6, 2024
From $1M in funding to $80M in revenue - Josh Payne
<p>Josh founded product discovery platform StackCommerce, growing it to $80M in revenue off only $1M in investment. These days he’s at it again, with his new company Onward - tripling to $6M in ARR this year already. We caught up with Josh today to discuss bootstrapping, life as a founder, and angel investing.</p>
April 9, 2024
The $1B AUM Fund Backing Bootstrapped Businesses - with Hillel Zidel
<p>Hillel Zidel is the co-managing partner of Kennet Partners - a growth equity fund founded in 1997, that exclusively focuses on backing bootstrapped software businesses at the growth stage.</p> <p>Kennet is an absolute juggernaut in their space, with $1B AUM and 5 deployed fund vintages under their belt. </p> <p>We caught up with Hillel to find out more about Kennet's outlook on venture investing, the lessons they've learned over the years, and put to rest many of the common misconceptions around bootstrap investing.</p>
February 20, 2024
The pivot that led to a reported $300M exit - with Alex Macdonald
<p>Many know Alex Macdonald as a successful investor and exited founder. What you might not know, is that these successes were the compounding result of lessons learnt during his early career in the turnarounds space - where he was responsible for rescuing distressed companies and returning them to profitability. </p> <p>Applications of these lessons are visible across his career - notably in his decision to pivot his venture-backed business, Velocity Black, in pursuit of building something self-sustaining and cashflow positive. That decision proved to be a good one, resulting in their acquisition in 2023 for a reported $300M.</p> <p>Alex joined us to talk through his impressive career and the maxims that shape his thinking. He also shares a trove of advice for founders building right now.</p>
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