Venture Backing

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Coogan: VPNs are un-fundable due to massive marketing costs
“It's not VPNs are not suitable for venture backing. Typically it's all marketing. That's the entire expense is just getting people install the VPN.”
John Coogan Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 12:54 The Future of Media in VC | Erik Torenberg on TBPN
Simkhai: Grindr avoided VC to not answer to straight corporate investors
“And I felt that if I would take venture backing I would essentially become a monkey to them, and that I would need to essentially work for them. And a lot of them were, you know, straight men who I felt like didn't understand my business, and you know, I didn'…”
Joel Simkhai Jul 17, 2023 ▶ 49:13 Grindr: Joel Simkhai

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