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Ask HN: Who would fund a pro-2A startup?

by ei8htyfi5e on 2/16/22, 7:57 AM with 10 comments

I have an idea for a digital product that I would use everyday, would spend thousands on every year, is addressing a very large, stale market with limited technology and inert competitors. Only catch is it revolves around the gun community. As I understand it, VCs cannot invest in these ideas. I’m building it as we speak but would like it to go faster and am exploring raising a round. But my only question is how? Everything I know from YC does not apply here. Any ideas?

  • by masonic on 2/16/22, 10:39 AM

    I think VCs can invest in any legal realm they choose, although some may seek to avoid publicity because of de facto cancel culture in blue states.

    Have you identified an existing, profitable product/service that you wish to disrupt with your product?

    I'm curious. I co-founded what was the largest local grassroots RKBA group in the country in the 90s-2000s (originally an NRA Members' Council, we later disassociated from NRA to avoid problematic intra-NRA politics). Contact info in profile.

  • by bradwood on 2/16/22, 8:07 AM

    Gun products sound very US-centric... And even there, there is lots of anti-gun sentiment. Are you sure you want to exclude most if not all of Europe, half of the US, and potentially more from your addressable market?

  • by gerikson on 2/16/22, 8:29 AM

    From what I can see following YouTube videos is that there is a ton of innovation and small business activity around guns in the USA. Maybe approach one of the bigger companies in that space?

  • by egberts1 on 2/16/22, 8:30 AM

    You would have to live outside US and it’s territory before engaging in such tertiary funding.

  • by Gollapalli on 2/16/22, 8:30 AM

    What do you need funding for? How much does it actually cost to build this thing?