There's some good stuff there, but this gets me:<p><pre><code> WHAT IS THE NEW ROUND OF FUNDING?
(Required: Specify Seed, Series A, etc)
WHO ARE THE INVESTORS?
(Required)
HOW MUCH FUNDING (in $) DOES IT HAVE IN TOTAL?
(Required: Specify Seed, Series A, etc)
</code></pre>
This suggests that really, the only thing they care about, is stories about people raising money. Like, that's the only thing that matters in the world.<p>In reality, who you're funded by is trivia. Yeah, I said it. It's fucking trivia. It's not going to make a difference in whether you succeed or not. IMO, to the extent that it matters, it's a microscopic factor.<p>You would <i>think</i> that a news outlet would be interested in the <i>what</i> of a company, less than "who's funding it?", ya know? I mean, if somebody has created a ground-breaking new app, (or something they think is ground-breaking) then the app either is news-worthy, or it isn't. You don't need to know who they're funded by, or if they're self-funded, to decide that.<p>I've said this before and I'll keep banging this drum until I drop... the goal of a startup is to make money, not to raise money. To the extent that you do the latter, it's in service of the former. But raising money is a tactical objective, not the end goal.