Seed money buys three answers, Series A buys the next three, says VC
vaibhavbetter · x · 2026-09-04
Investor rdominguezibar offered a crisp framing of funding stages: seed money buys answers to three questions — can this team work together, can they build it, will anyone use it — while Series A money buys the next three.
vaibhavbetter quote-shared it with "only if this is how it worked in reality," a wry jab suggesting real-world fundraising doesn't always follow this logic.
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