
Observable UniverseGTM gaps board
Internal tracker · snapshot 7 Oct 2026 · Investor deck
$5 million seed
What each dollar bucket still needs
Product and production are build work. Sales, ops, marketing, and reserve are hiring and capital. The deck is on investors.observableyou.com.
Missing not built · Shell UI or path exists, empty or not wired · Brochure marketing site only · Live a consumer can finish the job · People / capital people or capital, not a page build
| Item | Status | What is true now | Done when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25% Technology and product · $1.25M Raise Open | Missing | This is the gap board. Live/PPV, ticketing, memberships, commerce, CRM, engagement, studio, white-label, apps, analytics. | The product rows on this site all move out of Missing / Shell. |
| 20% Sales and business development · $1.00M Raise Open | People / capital | Not a code gap. Deck Phase 1 is also a B2B path: white-label, pilots, sales. Brochure CTAs already point at Contact / demo. | Sales team, enterprise outreach, paid pilots converting. |
| 15% Owned content and live event IP · $750k Raise Open | Brochure | Brands are named. Treatments and DAPPs exist. No paid live event or watchable original in the consumer catalog. | One owned event that sells and one original that plays. |
| 13% Operations and team · $650k Raise Open | People / capital | People, finance, legal, compliance. Not a site build. | Key hires and day-to-day ops that can run DTC + B2B. |
| 12% Marketing and brand · $600k Raise Open | People / capital | Hosts and wordmarks exist. There is no consumer product to put paid traffic on. | Demand generation after catalog + pay + watch exists. |
| 8% Working capital and reserve · $400k Raise Open | People / capital | Runway and contingency. Not a product gap. | Cash reserve against the 36-month plan. |
| 7% Production and broadcast · $350k Raise Open | Missing | No OU-branded live production stack wired to PPV replay. Gear and encoding are a capital item plus an integration. | A production path that can feed Live + PPV + VOD. |