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Eras

The funding rounds a Company climbs through, from Garage to Public, and what each one asks of your system.

Each Era ends when you raise the next round. A new Era brings a bigger market, new kinds of traffic, worse incidents, and new Research. To hide what comes after the Era you play in, pick it in the header.

The climb#

  1. GarageHow far does one box go?
    Market
    1.50k users
    Apdex target
    0.85
    Raise at
    1.00k users
    Round pays
    $2.50k

    7 Components · 15 Research items

  2. Pre-seedWhat happens when the database is the bottleneck?
    Market
    7.00k users
    Apdex target
    0.86
    Raise at
    5.00k users
    Round pays
    $15.0k

    4 Components · 21 Research items · 8 incidents

  3. SeedWhat happens when one App Server type cannot serve every kind?
    Market
    35.0k users
    Apdex target
    0.88
    Raise at
    25.0k users
    Round pays
    $80.0k

    6 Components · 20 Research items · 7 incidents

  4. Series AWhat happens when a whole zone fails?
    Market
    200k users
    Apdex target
    0.90
    Raise at
    150k users
    Round pays
    $1.50M

    3 Components · 23 Research items · 7 incidents

  5. Series BWhat happens when analytics and AI share a database built for checkouts?
    Market
    1.40M users
    Apdex target
    0.91
    Raise at
    1.00M users
    Round pays
    $18.0M

    3 Components · 7 Research items · 3 incidents

  6. Series CWhat happens when your users live on four continents?
    Market
    14.0M users
    Apdex target
    0.92
    Raise at
    10.0M users
    Round pays
    $150M

    3 Components · 10 Research items · 5 incidents

  7. Pre-IPOCan you prove the company is ready to go public?
    Market
    70.0M users
    Apdex target
    0.93
    Raise at
    50.0M users
    Round pays
    $0.00

    5 Research items · 2 incidents

  8. PublicCan you beat your guidance every quarter?
    Market
    6.00B users
    Apdex target
    0.94

    1 Research items