[wmboy]

Let's say a VC investor invests $500,000 into a startup, I don't think they'd be keen to know that $50,000 of it gets passed straight to you and doesn't go toward building the product.

Having said that, if it's an arrangement worked out with the VC beforehand, then it could possibly work.

If we're talking about acquisition rather than investment, then that's an entirely different matter of course.