> if a VC investor is doing their job well, they will make sure to keep investing in your company until they have a good amount of ownership. This means it is against their incentives to introduce you to other investors or do anything else that interferes with their ability to buy more shares in your company for a good price.
this is only true for larger multi-stage funds who compete with each other, not for Seed or Series A-only funds
Yes, it's completely backwards really. In most successful companies, a VC's holdings are likely to decrease over time, not increase, as the company raises more money and existing investors are diluted. And investors are (in general) motivated to introduce you to new later stage investors because it increases the value of their holdings, even when diluted.
Yeah. In my experience investors in the early rounds are eager to do introductions because they’re still seeking to validate the investment internally.
If they led a pre-seed, they’d be happy to see someone else lead the seed round because then it’s easier to make the case within the fund that they should maintain or increase their stake.
External validation means a lot when the company is young.
this is only true for larger multi-stage funds who compete with each other, not for Seed or Series A-only funds