They 'understand' startups. That is, they were willing to work with founders of new ventures, didn't require insane proof of provenance of funds (because sudden

They 'understand' startups. That is, they were willing to work with founders of new ventures, didn't require insane proof of provenance of funds (because suddenly millions of dollars would appear overnight), and would support founders with mortgages, for example, that were running companies that weren't yet necessarily profitable but were well-funded nevertheless.