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Partner with a venture capital firm with care

Selecting a healthy VC firm is a critical step in raising venture capital. Venture capital (VC) firms aren’t simple corporations. Within a single firm’s structure there are competing goals and priorities that can tear the firm apart. The fractures that can end a VC firm may not complete the work for years because of the lengthy time each fund’s investment time lasts. Feld and Mendelson estimate it takes ten years for a firm to die (pg.…