[forgottenacc57]

Is it a perfect team, with a complete working product, massive user base and sales and no risk and lots of other investors wanting in? We're in!

Else, "Your company is not a fit for us right now but keep us in the loop."

[abuteau]

Mostly ;)

Marc Andreessen wrote a good article on the layers of risks that VCs are looking into [1]. Most of them want to maximize the upside while minimizing the downside..

[1] http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part2.html

[danieltillett]

Most of the time is is just the last factor at work - everyone wants to date the hot guy even if he is only “hot” because everyone wants to date him.