Will Manidis

Ehhhhhh disagree Like, you can find it on crunchbase anyway If anything it’s more clarifying for founders trying to see if they “actually do seed” like they claim / general funding expectations etc... In a network like startup/VC land. The more upfront you are the better imo

crunchbase data is so sparse that the exclusion of a fund from round to round is hardly signal-- seems increasingly rare to report any funding details on crunchbase. like sure diligence would of course find out about x fund didn't follow, but no need to yell it to the street

I think that’s all fair but I personally like the transparency. So many funds will be like “oh we definitely write seed checks” but it’s actually just once a year and it’s for their friend BUT THEY WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING This creates honesty on both sides

If you primarily write seed and A checks There’s no red flag because you didn’t do the B. Or maybe the timing was off so you couldn’t participate in the A. That’s all cleared in a diligence call This is equally about new relationships as it is about current portfolio no?

If you write Seed and A and didn’t do the B, could mean you need to raise a bigger fund