The True Cost of Capital | How to Raise Venture Capital - SaaStr AI University
Venture capital looks free when it lands in the bank. It is the most expensive money you will ever take.
The True Cost of Capital - a free lesson in How to Raise Venture Capital at SaaStr AI University. Venture capital looks free when it lands in the bank. It is the most expensive money you will ever take. Key takeaways: • Early venture is expensive in dilution. You are selling the cheapest equity you will ever sell. • The money comes with a treadmill: you must grow fast enough to justify the next round, forever. • Control and optionality narrow with each round. Smaller outcomes that would have been life-changing stop counting. Part of the free, self-paced How to Raise Venture Capital course: https://saastr.ai/university/raise-venture-capital