Series A VC
topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
Innovators & Investors 
the Neon Show 
20VC
3 statements about Series A VC, every show
Novick: Pre-seed founders waste time pitching Series A and Series B VCs
“One of the biggest mistakes I see founders do is they're very early, I'd say, precinct and seed, and then they go in and talk to a series A, series B VC. And these guys end up sucking a lot of time for them because they want to know and learn about the busines…”
Shah: Seed partners can write 50+ checks yearly, Series A only 7-10
“If you are a series AVC, then in a year you can write, each partner cannot write more than Seven, eight, 10 checks because you have to, you have limited bandwidth and all those dynamics, but as a seed investor partner I can write 50 plus checks and I can alloc…”
Waxman: Founders underestimate their leverage when Series A VCs commit to investing
“I think that they underestimate the power of the situation that they're in, because when one of those firms really decides that they want to invest in you, it's not, as you say, it's not a couple percent that's going to push them off.”