Anecdotally : three years ago very little interest in my startup. now we've been in the black almost the whole time and are opening our first round. Was told I HAD to do a SAFE or Convertible but are shopping a priced seed round w/o a 409a and have interest over our goal.

Some of these other "fails" have been nothing but a blessing when you already have revenue and a solid growth history and projection.

Basically not huge but still a 5x bet and raising is/was easier than my previous company