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OpenVC
Company blog · openvc.app/blog · on HN as stephnassstartupsbusinesseconomics
OpenVC is the company blog at openvc.app, writing about startups, business and economics. Since 2021, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “All VC firms by thesis. Radically free and open”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-07, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The blog is about finding investors for startups. Its only comment, in a thread on YC misses, is a bare list of venture firm websites and does not discuss the site's writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Browse 16,000+ investors on OpenVC — the best fundraising platform for startups. Send decks, get replies, and secure capital. All for free.
Most-linked posts?
- All VC firms by thesis. Radically free and open2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-05-24
What Hacker News says?
Went through my Pinboard to extract all these: - https://797capital.com/ - https://www.indexventures.com/ - https://www.sparkcapital.com/ - https://www.hcp.com/ - https://hvflabs.com/ - https://www.republiccapital.co/ - https://plus.vc/ - https://www.rarebreed.vc/ - https://www.dragonfly.xyz/ - https://macventurecapital.com/ - https://parafi.com/ - https://www.chingona.ventures/ - https://www.plexocap.com/ - https:/…
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: YC misses that went on to do well (like veed.io)”Submitted VCs aren’t your friends as a story · 553 points
HN discussionHey OpenVC founder here! Thanks for trying the Fundability test :) The test is not out of 100 points. The idea is to place you against other companies raising at the same time. If you have no revenue and everyone else has revenue, you will rank lower because at the end of the day, it's a competition. As a general rule, investors invest if (a) you have track record or (b) you have traction i.e. users and/or revenue.…
Comment linking /blog/seed-stage-is-about-picking-winners
on “New Way to Fund Solo-Founders?”Submitted Are Startup Accelerators Worthless? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Venture Capital Isn't for the Poor as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Quantum Computing Threatens SaaS as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 2023 study: Practices of Euro VCs (incl. terms, valuations, IRR) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted All VC firms by thesis. Radically free and open as a story · 1 points
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