Mirko Novakovic
27 Mar 2026Sifted’s Bro’s, Delve Spiral, Europe’s New Unicorn, Replit & Polsia Join
Dash0's Mirko Novakovic: $110M Series B at $1B valuation
After a brief tease of Revolut's record profits, Dash0 co-founder and CEO Mirko Novakovic joins following the company's $110M Series B at a $1B valuation led by Balderton — his third company after selling Instana to IBM in 2020. He makes the case for founder-led sales and personal branding, argues the best go-to-market beats the best product, and explains observability, OpenTelemetry, and how AI-generated code is exploding the data 'haystack' his platform helps cut down. He also shows off Dash0's racing-suit merch and agrees to send some to the show.
25 Mar 2026Sifted’s Bro’s, Delve Spiral, Europe’s New Unicorn, Replit
Mirko Novakovic: Dash0's $110M Series B at a $1B Valuation
Mirko Novakovic joins after announcing Dash0's $110M Series B at a $1B valuation, his third company after selling Instana to IBM in 2020 (plus 85 angel investments — "a player, not a coach"). He argues founders must lead sales until their first $1M, that "the best go-to-market motion wins, not the best product" (the Lovable example), and that AI is exploding observability data: Dash0 is built OpenTelemetry-native to shrink the haystack, auto-find root causes, and undercut data-volume pricing like Datadog's (OpenAI reportedly pays $175M/year). US expansion via New York and Boston is next, and he promises the show a Dash0 racing suit.