Funding for my startup

Ready to be launch? Launch it then! Be frugal with expenses and start getting initial feedback. Use any cohort of early adopters like PH or HN. VCs, in these times, are very iffy on funding pre seed rounds. Even YC is funding companies who have launched and have some revenue. All the best in your journey! Don't give up

YC and most VCs tend to avoid solo founders. You are a pre-launch, solo founder with no revenue or traction in your favour. It would be hard to raise at favourable terms in this market (not impossible). Get some initial traction. Optionally, get a cofounder who can add immense value.

I'm a YC solo founder. It's not impossible to get in but it took me 3 attempts. I think what worked is I kept on moving/building in the meanwhile, somehow or other. So every application had some progress. Is there any way you can just launch a MVP and focus on traction or do you have to have 500k to start with?

@SuperSaiyanGoku which industry are you working in? let's connect, i might be able to connect you with some folks.

@SuperSaiyanGoku which industry?

Solo founder will be a big red flag for many investors. If you are launching then if it is profitable then go for it. Otherwise look for a potential team and co-founder. Initial funding majorly is done on the team. Traction and all are just small validation points to signal " ok you can do it". Team , Industry & Idea are key themes for investors. Also in India connections play a major role. Reference game has to be strong.

@SuperSaiyanGoku what are you working on? Can we connect??

This is the hard part where an investor doesn't see the potential and just worries about MVP, traction, shitttt.... have gone through these myself. Keep grinding.