[troydavis]

One possible takeaway: it's reasonable to issue a press release and talk about it with prospective and current business partners, customers, and employees, but it's probably not the most compelling thing to submit to HN. A useful message, just not the most interesting one for this audience.

As a point of contrast, imagine a blog post that mentions funding but provides more of the story. What was the funding process like? What's a difficult industry problem that's only possible with lots of funding? How do you think the industry will evolve? If you were explaining the fundraising or startup experience at a bar, what story is interesting enough that people would care?

Any of these still communicates the funding, only with a lot more "meat" for HN readers.