How Open Source Companies Win

According to Serena VC’s commercial open source report 2025, open source companies raise capital faster, have higher valuations and exit at higher multiples than closed source companies. But why? In this talk, Emily Omier will draw on 5 years worth of interviews with founders of open source companies to show how open source companies dominate their market thanks to their open source project. Unlike most talks about open source companies, this talk is not about risk management! It is about using open source to crush your competition.