There’s no such thing as “indie venture capital”—indie, is fundamentally incompatible with equity investment. https://ind.ie/manifesto
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If you ever hear anyone talk about “indie venture capital”, know that it is whitewashing and we have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
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There are other possible forms of investment, like share of revenue, that don’t come with exits that compromise the social mission.
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Let me state it unequivocally for the record: venture capital is the problem. Independent tech cannot be subsidised by equity investment.
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@aral Isn't there a 3rd way: incubated startups funded by mature co's not VCs? Eg@matrixdotorg is very indie, but sponsored by big telco(!)4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@ara4n Being sponsored by a big company is by definition not indie. +@matrixdotorg
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