In my experience, investors love backing: - B2C startups with a large # of users (100k minimum with strong growth, ideally 500k-1M) if it's a digital product.

In my experience, investors love backing: - B2C startups with a large # of users (100k minimum with strong growth, ideally 500k-1M) if it's a digital product. Physical products are a different beast - B2B startups with a small # of customers (200 sounds great!) But if you're in the middle, it can be a challenge. For example, a to-do list tool with 200 users paying $10 a month isn't usually that interesting to VC's Some options to consider! - A startup incubator! Incubators like YC or MassChallenge or TechStars love taking on small teams of builders with initial traction. They take 5-10%, sure, but a good incubator can help coach and prepare you for the VC's - Bootstrapping. There's an awesome thriving community of people over at https://www.indiehackers.com/ https://www.indiehackers.com/ (as well as other sites) building profitable businesses. If it's just the 2-3 of you, is there a path to profitability within a year? - Can you pivot to B2B? B2C is fun but can be really really challenging (I spent 5 years building B2C software) because consumers rarely know what they want, have low budgets, and are incredibly fickle. Businesses are the opposite of all 3 (usually)