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The VC Who Bet Against Unicorns - and Started Posting
Erica Wenger raised $4.3 million from 130 backers to fund 'elephants, not unicorns.' The unusual part isn't the thesis - it's that she built a following first.
Gradual
Gradual is the seamless place to host events, educate and engage members, and grow your brand.
Commsor
It started as software for online communities and became the company that told sales teams to stop cold-calling and start asking friends. The dinosaur was optional; the warm intro was the point.
Bevy
Bevy is an enterprise community engagement platform that helps large companies run events, forums, groups, and member programs from one system. Born out of Startup Grind's own struggle to coordinate hundreds of local chapters, Bevy now powers customer and developer communities for brands like Twitch, Salesforce, Adobe, Atlassian, and Notion, and has folded in the CMX professional network and AI 'agents' to help teams grow communities and prove their return on investment.