Single Sponsor/Accelerator vs. Traditional - Pros/Cons?

by a searcher from The University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business

3 years ago

Hello - I’m an MBA candidate at a top 20 B-school in the process of figuring out if I want to go the single sponsor/accelerator route (think SFA, NGP, or Halstatt) or follow the traditional raise method. Would appreciate anybody giving their 2 cents on how I should decide what is right for me! 

My thought is that this will influence what I should try to do for a summer internship.

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searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School

Happy to chat through my experience as a self funded and funded searcher. Spoke extensively with accelerators as well. Each path has positives and negatives.

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searcher from University of Notre Dame

That is what a summer internship is meant to do; allow you to figure this out first hand. I will second ^Searchfunder member‌'s comments. Sole Funder restricts you much more than traditional, and traditional restricts you much more than self-funded. I am doing self-funded simply because it allows me to consider deals I would not be able to and allows me to leverage my experience vice just being a MBA graduate.

3 years ago | like reply | 1 like

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