We can't run the experiment but it's safe to assume most startups that took very early funding did need it to succeed. That doesn't really take away from the fo

We can't run the experiment but it's safe to assume most startups that took very early funding did need it to succeed. That doesn't really take away from the founders effort though. Although it does mean there were probably 10 other teams that had the same idea and skills that failed for not having the ability to raise funding.