> It's not in the interest of the VC that the founders have financial security.
It's also not in the interest of the VC that the founders are worried about making their rent or mortgage payments, or paying off the credit cards they maxed out paying their AWS bills in the early stages of their company.
The VCs want their founders to be hungry for more, and see their company's growth as a vehicle for that. But they don't want founders to be stressing over basic human needs, either.
Any VC that would refuse to let you take some liquidity in these situations is not a VC you want to make a deal with. And if you can only find VCs like that, your company is probably doing poorly enough that you might want to rethink what you're doing.
It's also not in the interest of the VC that the founders are worried about making their rent or mortgage payments, or paying off the credit cards they maxed out paying their AWS bills in the early stages of their company.
The VCs want their founders to be hungry for more, and see their company's growth as a vehicle for that. But they don't want founders to be stressing over basic human needs, either.
Any VC that would refuse to let you take some liquidity in these situations is not a VC you want to make a deal with. And if you can only find VCs like that, your company is probably doing poorly enough that you might want to rethink what you're doing.