Tier 1: - Sequoia - Founders Fund - A16Z - YC Tier 2: - Benchmark - General Catalyst - … — @thomasschulzz
Tier 1: - Sequoia - Founders Fund - A16Z - YC Tier 2: - Benchmark - General Catalyst - Khosla - Lightspeed VP - Index - Kleiner Perkins - Caffeinated Capital - SV Angel - Tiger Global - First Round - Greenoaks - Accel - Bessemer - Greylock - USV - Paradigm - Homebrew - Form Cap
Tier 1: - Sequoia - Founders Fund - A16Z - YC Tier 2: - Benchmark - General Catalyst - Khosla - Lightspeed VP - Index - Kleiner Perkins - Caffeinated Capital - SV Angel - Tiger Global - First Round - Greenoaks - Accel - Bessemer - Greylock - USV - Paradigm - Homebrew - Form Cap - Menlo - Craft Tier 3 & beyond: - Everyone else Unranked: - There are some newer unranked funds that have a lot to prove that I wouldn’t include in Tier 3. Never raise money from Tier 3 VCs. Every horror story I hear is from uncalibrated VCs that have no operating experience who think they can tell a founder how…
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