The current generation of founders want to raise money from VCs, and Sequoia specifically, because Larry and Sergey took money from VCs, and Sequoia specifically.
Excluding YC and the likes, I would have thought, by now, a lot of startups would want to raise money from angels that have formerly started startups -- there are tons of them around. That would be the #1 choice.
#2 choice would be the Founders Fund, Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, Atomico, Ambient Sound Investments and the like.
Failing these, the #3 would be the Sequoia's, KPCB, Khosla Ventures, Benchmark, Accel's, Menlo's of the world.
Agree 100%. Although we were talking to some of the VCs in your 2nd bucket, we ended up going with #1. Our seed round is entirely angel funded, with one institutional player (#3 type) making an exceptional angel investment.
Excluding YC and the likes, I would have thought, by now, a lot of startups would want to raise money from angels that have formerly started startups -- there are tons of them around. That would be the #1 choice.
#2 choice would be the Founders Fund, Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, Atomico, Ambient Sound Investments and the like.
Failing these, the #3 would be the Sequoia's, KPCB, Khosla Ventures, Benchmark, Accel's, Menlo's of the world.
What do folks on HN think?