Company milestone history
Lollipop timeline of a company's first five years — fundraising rounds, key hires, product GAs — suited for an investor deck or anniversary blog post.
For the founder preparing a pitch
Scenario
The founder drops this into the first page of the fundraising deck. Funding rounds, product GAs, and growth markers alternate above/below the axis, which makes the parallel story — "we raised capital and shipped on time" — visible in one glance. Reviewers who only read the top of the page still get the two-line story.
Annotation key
style = lollipop— dot-on-stick markers alternating above/below axismilestone— diamond marker for headline events[side: above|below]— explicit placement[color: #hex]— colour-code category (fundraising / product / team)
How to read
Time runs left to right. Each marker is a single dated event; milestone markers are the diamond-shaped headline items (fundraising, GAs). Colour carries category: blue = fundraising, purple = product, green = early commercial traction. Events below the axis are supporting context (people, growth stats); events above are the announceable headlines.