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,

965

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

Venture Capitalists,

1085

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

Venture Capitalists,

937

What legal risks do you have? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

831

Do you have any regulatory risks? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

828

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

Venture Capitalists,

842

When do you see the exit happening? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

1086

Who will be the likely acquirers? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

808

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

Venture Capitalists,

1079

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

Venture Capitalists,

925

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

Venture Capitalists,

876

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

Venture Capitalists,

779

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

Venture Capitalists,

940

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

Venture Capitalists,

811

what is the capitalization structure? - Venture Capitalists

Venture Capitalists,

866


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Un-Answered Questions { Funding }

Who will be the likely acquirers? - Venture Capitalists

808


What does the company do? - Venture Capitalists

828


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

875


What are the major product milestones? - Venture Capitalists

1189


What are the key assumptions underlying your projections? - Venture Capitalists

854






What advertising will you be doing? - Venture Capitalists

780


What percentage of the market do you plan to get over what period of time? - Venture Capitalists

1399


Who are the company's competitors? - Venture Capitalists

838


Where are you headquartered? - Venture Capitalists

797


What motivates the founders? - Venture Capitalists

852


What will be your monthly burn rate? - Venture Capitalists

795


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

940


What is unique about the company? - Venture Capitalists

761


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

1059


How do you plan to scale the team in the next 12 months? - Venture Capitalists

1487