Haven't ever heard of a SaaS company offering 5 year plan before, and in just over a day almost 900 folks have said they would buy it - many saying its a no-brainer.
Vision has always been to be accountable to community > VCs.
#roamcult will make reality.
"You're giving steepest discount to the most committed users... lot of lost revenue... why not just open up your round now?"
Good Question.
Larger reason is faith though
Paying 5 years up front is huge signal of faith in the company & product vision. No interest in playing $ opt game with user's financing Roam's future