How I raised a $5.1M seed as a first-time, female, solo founder for a biotech co

Post by endisneigh » Fri, May 28, 2021, 2:15 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #40

This article got a lot of user flags. That's bad—it's obviously a substantive article, squarely on topic for HN and not sensational, ideological, or predictable. Even a quick skim is enough to see that it doesn't break down along any of the obvious faultlines for this general topic. That not only means it shouldn't have been flagged, it makes it HN gold. If you've been wielding the flag club that indiscriminately...p…

Post by tyrust » Fri, May 28, 2021, 2:19 AM UTC

thaumasiotes wrote: post #44

MyHypatia wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The title isn't sex-baiting. The fact that the founder is female is extremely relevant to raising money. I wish that weren't the case. The problem ranges from light sexism (skepticism over whether she can "lead" and "be tough") to blatant misogyny (trying to exchange money for sex and blackballing her from deals if she refuses or talks about it). Those are things that men mostly do not have to deal with when raising…

> blatant misogyny (trying to exchange money for sex and blackballing her from deals if she refuses or talks about it). Those are things that men mostly do not have to deal with when raising money. True that that's something men mostly don't have to deal with when raising money, but it's also something that makes it easier , not harder, for women to raise money compared to men. It's also a weird thing to describe as…

Post by mfkp » Fri, May 28, 2021, 2:22 AM UTC

walterbell wrote: post #32

_hyn3 wrote: post #25

Can the title be renamed to the correct title, which is currently "How I raised a $11M seed as a first-time, female, solo founder for a biotech moonshot"

If you try bookmarking the page, it currently says $5.1M, which was inserted by HN bookmarklet during submission, then manually edited to $5M to fit within the 80 character maximum. The sub-heading of the article says: > In January 2020 I closed a $5.1M seed round, my first financing for my first company. I’ve closed another ~$6M since then. This is how I raised that first round.

Post by mfkp » Fri, May 28, 2021, 2:25 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #53

endisneigh wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How can you tell how many flags a submission has received?

That information isn't public. I'm a mod here (in case that wasn't clear), so I looked at the private data. Edit: if you meant what you can tell from public information: (1) sudden drops in rank, as walterbell points out downthread—(edit: but it's important to know that sudden drops in rank can also be because of the flamewar detector, which is unrelated to flags), and/or (2) the [flagged] annotation, which appears w…

Post by Andrex » Fri, May 28, 2021, 2:25 AM UTC

JohnJamesRambo wrote: post #50

>Loyal is developing drugs to extend dog lifespan and healthspan. Wow this is a huge undertaking. I wish you luck and I don't mean that sarcastically! If you can do that to a dog, it seems trivial to extend to humans. Have any drugs or supplements extended dog lifespan in the literature? Rapamycin I guess?