Flybridge
A venture capital firm.
- Leaned on Koby's Rupa background
- Showed usage numbers
- Mostly failed
- Described where market is going
- Showed revenue going up
- Added pilot letters of intent
- Positioned Sunflower in AI
Flybridge led the seed; about $6.5M raised total
From Koby's account of Sunflower's raise
What was said about Flybridge
Flybridge led Sunflower's seed after a deck about the market's future and rising revenue. Sunflower has raised about $6.5 million in total, with Flybridge leading the seed. The deck that raised money after YC described where the market is going, showed product-market fit, positioned Sunflower in AI, and showed revenue going up rather than usage.
The first deck leaned on Koby's Rupa background and the usage numbers, and it mostly failed. The winning deck also included letters of intent from pilots. Koby's takeaway: "you can't raise funds based off of a playbook that came out of 2025."
Sunflower pitch deck founder slide: Koby grew Rupa Health from $5M to $75M/yr, acquisition up 4,000%.
Flybridge led Sunflower's seed after a deck about the market's future and rising revenue. Sunflower has raised about $6.5 million in total, with Flybridge leading the seed. The deck that raised money after YC described where the market is going, showed product-market fit, positioned Sunflower in AI, and showed revenue going up rather than usage.
The first deck leaned on Koby's Rupa background and the usage numbers, and it mostly failed. The winning deck also included letters of intent from pilots. Koby's takeaway: "you can't raise funds based off of a playbook that came out of 2025."
Sunflower pitch deck founder slide: Koby grew Rupa Health from $5M to $75M/yr, acquisition up 4,000%.
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