Considering VC only really started in 1970s, it is easy to say that it's not the way companies have been built historically. That said, Atlassian is more an ex

Considering VC only really started in 1970s, it is easy to say that it's not the way companies have been built historically. That said, Atlassian is more an exception than the norm. Most really big, successful tech companies took VC or PE money during their history to help them grow (Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Cisco, Apple, Microsoft, etc.).