Ask HN: Lots of small checks or a few large checks?

[HD134606c]

When raising a seed or pre-seed, is it better to aim for a few large checks, or lots of small checks (50-100k)?

[itamarst]

I hear the latter is, all things being equal, more work because you need to keep lots of people in the loop and happy.

Even better of course is raising no money.