I'm curious to hear what PG and others may think, is it worth it to take the hit for early stage startups now. Give up more equity than normal to get guaranteed

I'm curious to hear what PG and others may think, is it worth it to take the hit for early stage startups now. Give up more equity than normal to get guaranteed money in the bank- even though these same startups still had the same leverage they had 3 months ago?