Existing Investors

“Like, we got all the way through confirmatory due diligence. Like, it was moving to the finish line. Funding docs went out. I signed the funding docs. And I think they got cold feet.”

“So I'm of the old school that letting your existing investors invest more is the best way to build a company. Not just to serve your old investors, it signals to everybody else what a great relationship you have and makes other people want to invest. But I wou…”

“By definition, if it's kind of expected from you, then it stops serving as a positive signal. Because I know that the existing investors would do it regardless of what they think.”