Ariana Vargas pauses Stigma's VC fundraising to protect user trust
Ariana Vargas · #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway? · Mar 4, 2025 · at 23:10
Ariana Vargas informs investor Mac Conwell on a post-pitch update call that Stigma will not raise outside capital at this time.
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“The problem and the sort of bad news for today's call is that it takes time to earn trust, and the moment we take on a big amount of capital, we understand that you all as venture capitalists have returns to make and growth targets to hit, and I won't trade on the trust that we've earned too early to end up losing this audience because what they feel like is all they, all this was a funnel to get them to a sale. And so, I actually believe that now is not the right time for us to fundraise.”
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