Markov·the debrief
A missed raise cost you $15 and nothing else — every backer claimed their money back, and this page is the honest read of what the numbers were telling you.
1%
of goal reached
2
backers committed
2/9
disclosed at close
7d
window
$441 committed against a $35k goal
The page did not convert browsers into backers. Before touching the goal, fix what backers verify first: something checkable to look at, a dated number, a named human.
median commit $221 · top backer 99% · first quarter of the window 100% · last quarter 0%
Most of the money arrived in the opening quarter and then the room went quiet — the pitch converted its first audience and never found a second one. That's a distribution problem, not a page problem: line up where day three's backers come from before you relaunch.
One wallet carried 99% of the demand — a believer, not a crowd. Whatever convinced them is your strongest material; the relaunch's job is making that argument legible to strangers.
The funded raises share three things: a working demo, a budget that reads like a real plan, and a founder who writes their own risk case. What actually makes raises fund →
Your next raise page links back to this one — backers read the lineage as honesty, not failure. The wizard keeps your coach notes, and every check you add above is a visible point on the new page.