I used to think that too when I was a founder, but currently, at least, most VCs and many angels tend to wait till they see a startup starting to take off, if t

I used to think that too when I was a founder, but currently, at least, most VCs and many angels tend to wait till they see a startup starting to take off, if they can. This works just as well as predicting, so long as they jump in before other investors.