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- Does a VCâs brand matter? cdixon.org – chris dixon's blog (December 5th, 2009 Chris Dixon)
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Suppose you are in the enviable position of choosing between offers from multiple VC firms. How much should you weigh the brand of the VCs when making your decision? I think the answer is: a little, but a lot less than most people assume.
First, let me say the quality of the individual partner making the offer matters a lot. However, in my experience, there is a only rough correlation between a VCâs brand and the quality of the individual partners there. There are toxic partners at brand name firms, and great partners at lesser known firms.
There are only two situations I can think of where the firmâs brand really matters. First, if you manage to raise money from a particular set of the top 5 or so firms, you are almost guaranteed to be able to raise money later at a higher valuation from other firms. In fact, there are VC firms whose explicit business model is simply to follow those top firms.
The other way a VC firmâs brand can help is by giving you credibility when recruiting employees.
(From the "cdixon.org - chris dixon's blog" post. Thanks to Chris Dixon.)