[rzbn]

From my understanding, the buzz you get from getting funded and who your investors are is actually worth more than they money they get. There are lots of great products getting built but there is no platform to launch them. Your average founder's network consists of what maybe a few hundred people consisting of family and friends and most of them non-techy so they wont be the first to try new things.

While a funded VC has access to the extensive network of influential investors, thousands of people and buzz from blogs.