16. Build success with customers and partners first
THEN raise funding from the us
17. Funding Model
Source: VCs At Work , Tarang Shah
Extended Team
Scalability (Sales, Business Model, Product
Core Team
Product/ Idea
Market
Cofounding Team
Stage 0
Formation
Stage 1
Build & Prove
Stage 2
Grow & Scale
Funding Type
How Much?
Typical Valuation
Dilution
Seed
Super Angel
Series A
Series B
Series C
Series D, E, F
$50-500k
$500k-2M
$3-7M
$7-25M
$15M+
$25M+
$1M
$3-5M
$5-10M
$15M+
$50M+
$100M+
25-40%
5-10%
Product-Market Fit
23. Source: VCs At Work Tarang Shah
Fire promptly and amicably
Hire unfettered passion
Lift the quality
Cultural fit
&
functional skills
Hire People
you know
Adding value day 1