VCgami

A funding round nobody has raised before is a VCgami.

Every time a US startup announces a round, @VCgami checks the amount and the valuation against every round on record. A pair nobody has hit before gets the siren. Otherwise the post says how many times it has happened and who did it last.

What a post looks like

Zipline raised $1.5B at a $21.5B valuation. VCgami, first time ever. Ramp raised $1.85B at a $60B valuation. VCgami, first time ever.

Two real rounds: Zipline in November 2026 and Ramp in October 2026.

The rules

  1. A round is two numbers.

    The amount raised and the post-money valuation. The same amount at the same valuation is the same round, whoever raised it. A valuation reported pre-money is converted by adding the raise.

  2. US companies only.

    Posts cover US startups raising in dollars. The record they are checked against includes rounds from every country.

  3. Equity, nothing else.

    Debt, credit lines, tender offers, secondary sales, grants, SPACs and IPOs are out.

  4. The deal has to be done.

    “In talks” and “nearing a deal” never get a post. The money has to be raised.

  5. No valuation, no post.

    A round announced without a valuation has only one of its two numbers, so it is skipped.