Declared firsthand domains
Fundraising · Shutdown · Co-founder conflict
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Creator profile
S. Lindqvist
Founder, two exits, one failure
Identity checkedStockholm, SwedenPublishing since 2026-01
Writes mainly about the failure. Interested in the gap between a decision that was defensible at the time and an outcome that was not.
Disclosures
Angel investor in early-stage companies; no overlap with published cases.
Published cases (1)
FundraisingSoftware / SaaS
We took a down round instead of an acquisition offer. Eighteen months later the company closed.
An offer on the table at roughly half the last valuation, against a bridge at a 60% markdown. The reasoning was documented at the time. It did not survive contact with the following year.