Series A
5 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Aileen Lee · across every show →
Everything said about Series A, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019
Lee: Series A and B VCs rarely co-invest due to ownership targets
“Like, what I think, one of the things that Theresa and I are super excited about is, like, we've been friends basically since I started, and we've never been able to co-invest, because when you're a Series A or Series B investor, You want to, from our firms, y…”
Jan 2, 2019 negative
McGurk: Startups should generally avoid strategic corporate investors in Series A and B
“Should we include a strategic in our A round? Should we include our strategic in a B round? Generally the answer is no. There has to be a very good reason. And it depends on what industry they're in and who that strategic is. Because It's just the fear of conf…”
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Hariharan: Indian Series A startups commonly employ 650 to 900 people
“For example, to give you an example, when you look at a series A, U.S. Startup, or a series B, if, you know, you sort of get surprised if they say I have 150 people or 200 people. Like, that's a lot of people. In India, it's quite common to say I have 650 or 9…”
Jun 14, 2019 positive
Andreessen Horowitz expects to exercise pro-rata rights after leading Series A
“The way we do here is if we're the A round investor, our general thinking is that, you know, unless something dramatic happens with the company, You know, we should expect that we are going to participate pro-rata in the next round of financing.”
Jun 14, 2019
Founders raising Series A should work backward from Series B requirements
“If you're raising your Series A round today, you should be at that point in time thinking about what's the pitch I'm going to give the Series B investors and then essentially work backwards and say, okay, for the Series B investors to be compelled by what I'm …”