[cephaslr]

As far as I can tell if the team is prestigious enough, i.e. famous founders or stacked pedigrees, it can raise a few million without a single line of code. There are many examples of this that can be inferred if you look at crunchbase and linkedin start dates for various companies.

[JumpCrisscross]

The flip side of this: pitch someone with a track record to join your founding team. It will help with more than just fundraising.