Traction
定義
Traction is measurable evidence of demand: revenue, usage growth, retention, waitlists, or paid pilots, scaled to the company’s stage.
資金調達における位置づけ
Traction converts pitches from claims to evidence; one real number in a cold email outperforms any adjective.
よくある質問
What counts as traction at pre-seed?
A growing waitlist, engaged pilot users, or first revenue: direction matters more than magnitude.
What traction gets seed meetings in 2026?
Roughly $10K to $50K MRR growing 10 to 20 percent monthly for B2B SaaS, or flattening retention cohorts for consumer.