Funding Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What early traction has the company gotten (sales, traffic to the company's website, app downloads, etc., as relevant).

Venture Capitalists,

959

What has been the principal reasons for the early traction? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

1077

What do you see are the principal risks to the business? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

933

What legal risks do you have? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

825

Do you have any regulatory risks? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

822

What is the likely exit IPO or M&A? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

836

When do you see the exit happening? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

1076

Who will be the likely acquirers? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

800

How will valuation of an exit be determined given market comparables? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

1073

What comfort do you have that the company's intellectual property does not violate the rights of a third party? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

917

How was the company's intellectual property developed? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

870

Would any prior employers of a team member have a potential claim to the company's intellectual property? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

774

What are the company's three-year projections? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

934

How much equity and debt has the company raised? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

803

what is the capitalization structure? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

862


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Un-Answered Questions { Funding }

Do you have detailed financial projections for the next two years? - Venture Capitalists

783


What legal risks do you have? - Venture Capitalists

825


What is the cost of a customer acquisition? - Venture Capitalists

866


what is the capitalization structure? - Venture Capitalists

862


How much burn will occur until the company gets to profitability? - Venture Capitalists

1368






How much is being raised in this round? - Venture Capitalists

805


What is the typical sales cycle between initial customer contact and closing of a sale? - Venture Capitalists

1056


What is the projected lifetime value of a customer? - Venture Capitalists

865


What is the planned use of proceeds from this round? - Venture Capitalists

932


What are the company's three-year projections? - Venture Capitalists

934


What are the major product milestones? - Venture Capitalists

1183


What are your relationships with Venture Capitalists

883


What is the actual addressable market? - Venture Capitalists

884


What have you learned from early versions of the product or service? - Venture Capitalists

979


What is the likely exit IPO or M&A? - Venture Capitalists

836