Acharya: Existing investors doubling down provides the highest quality market signal
Amrit Acharya · Zetwerk founder on Pivoting, Funding and Building a Manufacturing Unicorn ft. Amrit Acharya · Oct 4, 2021 · at 43:03
Amrit Acharya, co-founder and CEO of Zetwerk, discusses his philosophy on founder cap table management and managing insider investor pro rata rights.
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“But I think it's the highest quality signal if your existing investors are doubling down or tripling down on the same company. When the typical venture model is to have distribution across investments. And if there are folks on your cap table who want to concentrate, I think as entrepreneurs, we should allow them to every, of course they should continue to broad base your cap table. But if there is a scenario where your existing folks want to double down, triple down, I think that's a great sign for the business. Because nobody understands your business as well as the existing investors.”
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