Precursor VenturesA classic pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm

Advice for Founders on Investor Relationships #investing #founder #ai #venturecapital #podcast

6 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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Short podcast-style exchange (YouTube video) where a founder asks for advice about conversations with investors who may not be emotionally committed to the investment. Precursor Ventures advises founders to recognize how VCs size checks and target ownership; if a startup fits the VC’s model it will receive standard attention, but outliers should expect potentially different treatment and less attention.

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Any advice for founders who are maybe navigating those conversations with investors and maybe get the sense that maybe the investor on the other side isn't really emotionally attached to the investment, and it could be just like, don't overthink it. But curious to know what you think.
I always tell people on the founder side, most VCs have spent a lot of time figuring out what size checks they want to write and what ownership they sort of quote, unquote, need to make the math work for their fund. If you are in the power alley of that, and you're like getting an on model check, you're going to fit in nicely in the portfolio. And if you're not, you should just be aware that you're an outlier. And there's a chance that as an outlier, you won't get the same treatment, you won't get the same attention. You.