Do Vcs Really Add Value Founders Say Sometimes But in all honesty, i’m fairly certain that vcs tend to oversell the impact we have at a company and the actual value add we bring. on the basis of this idea, carl fritjofsson at creandum and i set out to better understand the delicate relationship between vcs and entrepreneurs. But in all honesty, i’m fairly certain that vcs tend to oversell the impact we have at a company and the actual value add we bring. on the basis of this idea, henri deshays at newfund and i set out to better understand the delicate relationship between vcs and entrepreneurs.
Do Vcs Really Add Value Founders Say Sometimes With support from the kauffman fellows program and owen reynolds from the university of chicago’s booth school of business, we surveyed 98 vcs and 121 founders on this topic. The headlines were clear: vcs think they add about 30% more impact than founders do, with similar gaps in perception across most other areas. the startup world evolves fast, and four years later we’ve now gathered the same team and repeated the research to see what has changed. But in all honesty, i’m fairly certain that vcs tend to oversell the impact we have at a company and the actual value add we bring. on the basis of this idea, henri deshays at newfund and i set out to better understand the delicate relationship between vcs and entrepreneurs. The data is clear: there is a massive perception gap between how vcs view their own value add and how founders experience it. here is where the gap comes from and how to close it.
Do Vcs Really Add Value Founders Say Sometimes But in all honesty, i’m fairly certain that vcs tend to oversell the impact we have at a company and the actual value add we bring. on the basis of this idea, henri deshays at newfund and i set out to better understand the delicate relationship between vcs and entrepreneurs. The data is clear: there is a massive perception gap between how vcs view their own value add and how founders experience it. here is where the gap comes from and how to close it. A gap exists between vcs' perception of their value add and founders' actual experience, with 61% of founders rating their value add experience as below average. 61% of founders say vcs bring less added value than they promise. startup founders are after more than just funding from vcs — but the majority of them feel they don’t get it anyway. that’s according to a new report by forward partners which surveys 500 founders and investors in the uk. In 2021, 92% of vcs said they were value add investors, yet 61% of founders rated their experience below average (full report). the numbers back it up: in 2018, vcs rated their impact on portfolio companies as a 7 out of 10. There are probably multiple other examples of how founders can influence the value add of their vcs, but that's the big one that springs to my mind. and i bet it accounts for 90% of the 'harmful' instances.
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