Ask HN: Could you find funding if you didn't want to build a $1-10B business?
It seems crazily preposterous/pretentious to even write these words, but I'd be perfectly fine with a $10–50M ARR business. Like if at any point I was making more than a few million in profits a year, I would try to sell, hire someone to replace me, or just try to keep it stable.
I have what I think is a realistic plan to reach that level of revenue/profits, but in its current state the chance it could scale beyond +$1-10B valuations seems low, I could slightly pivot to fit that framing, but for now I don't want the insane pressure of trying to build a unicorn(or at least not on this project, it's a money making project, not a passion project with a deeper meaning)
I know there is tinyseed but it's only aimed at B2B(I'm doing B2C), for that and other reasons it would not be the right thing for me.
In that situation, is there any reason to look for outside funding? Would any fund or angel invest in that kind of business? Would you even try to look for an investor?