Kevin Rose: Pro-rata rights for angel investors are rarely contentious
Kevin Rose · 20VC: Kevin Rose on Putting The Entire Fund Into Uber, The Future For Mobile & Whether Angels Should Have Super Pro-Rata Rights? · Jun 12, 2017 · at 11:16
Kevin Rose, venture partner and angel investor, discusses founder reactions to angel investors requesting pro-rata rights.
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“I mean, not everyone's going to want to give it to you, but you know, we're talking small dollars here, so it's not like you're kind of taking up a large round. Right, exactly. So it's not that big a deal.”
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