The May 13 sponsored post hit 128,152 impressions and 84,844 unique humans, of which 8,908 were founders and co-founders and 49,720 were decision-makers. This is what your next sponsorship should be priced at, and why.
Source: LinkedIn Content Analytics, May 13 to May 19, 2026.
of reach concentrated in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, and Mumbai. The exact Tier-1 metros where Indian B2B SaaS and D2C buying decisions are made.
A brand wanting 100,000 impressions of an audience that matches your natural composition needs roughly ₹3 lakh of LinkedIn Ad spend.
A VC sponsored post is not just creator content. It carries the implicit signal of the VC has vetted you. That premium does not apply to a generic creator at the same follower count.
Walk-away. Below this you are working below the cost a brand would pay LinkedIn Ads to reach the same audience, with zero trust premium captured.
Ad-equivalent plus 30% trust capture plus 20% VC authority premium. Brand still keeps the majority of the 4-10× conversion upside. Use for Indian SaaS, fintech-for-founders, and cap-table tools.
For Notion, Linear, Stripe India, Vercel, AWS for Startups, Google for Startups. They convert USD budgets and won't flinch at this for proven Indian founder reach.
The May 13 post sold for ₹1.75 lakh. The same post, priced against the cost a brand would have paid LinkedIn Ads to replicate the audience, was worth ₹3.45 to ₹4.5 lakh. At your current 188% growth per 19-day cycle, the next sponsorship will reach an audience 30-40% larger than this one. Lock the new rate card before that compounds.