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Ask HN: Should we raise more money?

2 pointsby 1sttimefounderover 13 years ago
I am in my first round of funding and about to close it.<p>Background: We are working on the project since 1 1/2 years, 4 founders - living in different cities<p>Status: Prototype - ready for launch approx. may 2012<p>We have 2 offers from angel investors:<p>1) 10% - 140.000 EUR Really good Angel, has perfect network and experience in our field of business<p>2) 3% - 42.000 EUR Is a privat person - medium network and expertise - more "dumb" money<p>Our expenses for the next 12 months are at least 115.000 EUR<p>If we would move together and live in a appartment together in berlin, it would be 133.000 EUR<p>We plan to launch in may 2012 in cooperation with some of our clients for beta testing (no revnues).<p>We plan to make our first buck in october 2012.<p>Questions:<p>1) Whats a good way to calculate the amount of money needed - e.g. expenses of X months + ??%<p>2) What should be the end of our current runaway and current goal to raise the next round - launching? revenue? growth?<p>3) is it very negative to have small angels invest in you with just 3% shares for further funding rounds?<p>4) Is living together worth the money? (2000 EUR/month)<p>Thank you very much for your opinion!

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robfitzover 13 years ago
Assuming the other terms of the deal are fine, you should accept both offers.<p>More money will always help. Revenue will appear and grow more slowly than you hope.<p>There's no reasonable way to calculate expenses because to do so, you need to accurately predict how your team &#38; business will develop for the next 18 months, which can't really be done.<p>Just take whatever you can get on reasonable terms and move on with building the company.