A VC will build a portfolio of startups that each have the potential to do massively well. After that they don’t care which of the portfolio companies lives or

A VC will build a portfolio of startups that each have the potential to do massively well. After that they don’t care which of the portfolio companies lives or dies, as long as one explodes and compensates for the others. As a founder you care very much which of your companies succeeds, as you only have one.