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On Deck helped us hire our first employee, raise $900k in pre-seed, and accelerate our GTM motion within the network. Our Series B wouldn’t have happened without On Deck.

On Deck helped me recruit our team, find our first beta customers, and build a community of support to get through the challenges of the founder to CEO transition.

On Deck has been transformational for finding my co-founder and meeting like-minded individuals. It brings together people who are exceptional, ready to start a company and the mentorship needed.

On Deck was catalytic in the earliest introductions to angel investors which gave us the momentum needed for later rounds of fundraising.

On Deck helped me get conviction on one of the four ideas I had when I joined. Those same fellows became our most valuable early users.

I met my co-founder Alan in ODF2, we hired an account executive and growth marketer through On Deck’s talent programs, and that helped us raise from Felicis and NFX.

On Deck was instrumental to OfficeTogether’s fundraising and early hires. We hired a strategy lead from On Deck First 50 and a designer from On Deck Designers. I’ve also made some lifelong friends.

On Deck helped find our first users, validate our idea, and connect us with the fund who led our $1.85M seed round.

I met my co-founder and CTO Akshay thanks to On Deck. He's a force of nature and we complement each other perfectly.

On Deck helped us validate our idea and connected us with our very first users, some of whom angel invested in our first round.

On Deck helped me go from idea to MVP, acquire my very first customers, and raise $2.7 million from Sequoia Surge, Village Global and On Deck angels.

The On Deck Community helped me make 5+ key early hires, and raise a $12 million seed round from great investors.

Our first three On Deck hires have set the bar quite high for candidates that will come through in the future.

I met my co-founder Ansel at On Deck. We’ve also put several of our team through the different functional programs for networking and training.

I’ve hired 5+ employees (including execs), raised from 20+ investors, found 10+ customers, met 200+ awesome people, and made many dear friends through the On Deck community over the last two years.

Being able to present to different investors through the On Deck Angels First Look program, meant we not only honed our pitch, but found many advisors and mentors as well – and raised a $5 million Series A.

Thanks to On Deck, by the time I started fundraising, I already had a business plan, prototype product, and great pitch. There was momentum. Had I not done On Deck, I'd have been starting from zero.

On Deck’s fundraising advice and connections were crucial to closing our $6mm seed round.

On Deck's Fundraising Concierge gave me invaluable pitch feedback and connected me with tons of great investors. We closed our $2mm round significantly faster because of it.

I met my two co-founders, my lead investor, and legal counsel through On Deck Community

On Deck gave us the skills and support we needed to build our MVP as non-technical founders. 3 months later, we'd raised a €1.2m euro pre-seed round on the strength of that MVP.

On Deck was indispensable in introducing us to over 15 angels, as well as early customers. Without On Deck, we should have gotten off to a much slower start as a company.

A friend from Sequoia told me I should join On Deck —and it paid off. I saw firsthand that it was possible to raise earlier than I'd previously thought. On Deck's Fundraising Concierge gave me the support I needed to raise my $2.1m pre-seed round.

Through On Deck, I found my co-founder, received feedback on my pitch decks and Beta app, and got connected to some of my first angel investors. I also learned how to run a successful fundraise, establish a remote-first company, recruit a first hire, and more.

On Deck has accelerated our learning & testing of growth techniques which led to 10x growth. It wouldn't have been achievable without the community.

I met my Co-founder at On Deck. It was during a time of transition and just what I needed. The network is incredible and I would encourage founders to bring them on their cap table. It’s uniquely networked capital.

On Deck made starting Ignition possible – I found my Co-founder (who I love) here, raised from 15+ top-tier investors, and built an entire support network of fellow founders through the ODF community.

Through the On Deck network, I hired a Head of Product, found three investors, and met five peers who gave me company-shifting support, saving me from mistakes that would have cost upwards of $100k.

On Deck has put us a the epicenter of climate tech and has been pivotal to make sense of our market, customers and business model. The network of like minded people is priceless with a compound effect for the years to come.

It would have been much harder to start 8returns without On Deck. I found my first employees here, received my first angel investor check, and no matter what challenges I'm facing, I can find an expert in the community to help me.

On Deck has helped me get from 0 to 1 and beyond so much faster than I could have on my own. This includes leading me to my co-founder, rapid feedback on my beta, and a network of extremely talented fellow founders that help navigate the maze of building a startup from the ground up.

On Deck has been the perfect place to be in transition. I went from idea stage to being founder and still continue to gain huge value from the community: I hired my first designer via On Deck.

On Deck connected me with some of the best entrepreneurs in the health and wellness space like Sam from Levels and Micheal from Calm, provided a network of amazing candidates that I hired for partnerships and product, and invested in my business. They took us from a side project with a handful of customers to a venture-funded company.