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Seth Levine of the Foundry Group says that a good practitioner needs to have some attention deficit disorder (ADD) to be a good venture capitalist:
The Business of Venture Capital
Mahendra Ramsinghani
The administrative team, also referred to as the back office,
The Business of Venture Capital
Mahendra Ramsinghani
Unfortunately, having a VC in your round creates that signal of weakness that, all else being equal, may get in the way of you successfully closing a round. In particular, if the VC who invested in your seed does not pursue you for a series A, then all the other VCs will view this as a sign that your company is not good. The reasoning is that the VC in your seed should know you better then anyone else. If your seed round VC is passing on your company, then other VCs think it is probably a bad investment.
VC Signaling Coming Home To Roost
Elad Gil
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