https://forwardshare.co/mindshare-forward-capital Lessons from the Forward Share Ventures team on how we back founders, build ventures and rethink early-stage capital. en Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:49:52 GMT 2026-10-15T21:49:52Z en https://forwardshare.co/mindshare-forward-capital/series-a-revenue-bar-seed-founders <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://forwardshare.co/mindshare-forward-capital/series-a-revenue-bar-seed-founders" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://forwardshare.co/hubfs/Capital_Brand_Article_LinkedIn_v01%20(1).png" alt="The Series A Bar Is Now $5M–$10M ARR. What Investors at VC Pitch Conf 2026 Said Founders Should Do About It." class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span>I went through the notes from VC Pitch Conf this week, the virtual conference that ran on September 17. Five panels, two keynotes, a full day of investors from firms like B Capital, Plug and Play, Entrepreneurs First, 500 Global and Alumni Ventures telling founders what it takes to get funded in 2026.</span></p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://forwardshare.co/mindshare-forward-capital/series-a-revenue-bar-seed-founders" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://forwardshare.co/hubfs/Capital_Brand_Article_LinkedIn_v01%20(1).png" alt="The Series A Bar Is Now $5M–$10M ARR. What Investors at VC Pitch Conf 2026 Said Founders Should Do About It." class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span>I went through the notes from VC Pitch Conf this week, the virtual conference that ran on September 17. Five panels, two keynotes, a full day of investors from firms like B Capital, Plug and Play, Entrepreneurs First, 500 Global and Alumni Ventures telling founders what it takes to get funded in 2026.</span></p> <img src="https://track-na2.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=242577019&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fforwardshare.co%2Fmindshare-forward-capital%2Fseries-a-revenue-bar-seed-founders&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fforwardshare.co%252Fmindshare-forward-capital&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:41:46 GMT https://forwardshare.co/mindshare-forward-capital/series-a-revenue-bar-seed-founders 2026-10-15T21:41:46Z V. Rao