When A VC firm is investing capital in your startup, how much money do they expect in return?
I was having a talk with a very senior VC recently, I asked him the same question. He gave me the following data:
Pre-seed/seed - 100x returns
Series A -
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Anonymous 2
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It's important to note that these are likely "expected" returns, not guaranteed. VCs understand that many of their investments will fail, so the successful ones need to generate outsized returns to offset those losses.
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