Thats totally it. "raising money" is a marketing event for many companies. And then the list of investors put you on a status hierarchy so that you become first

Thats totally it. "raising money" is a marketing event for many companies. And then the list of investors put you on a status hierarchy so that you become first in line when Google goes shopping. Or so the CEOs think. I'm almost embarassed when any company I invest in announces their funding. Thats not the real world. The real world is buying something low and sell high. I learned this many times over, some times the hard way.