[joecasson]

I wish a VC's recommendation or direction was all it took to get a deal done. Getting a "lofty Enterprise license" through procurement is so much harder than you are stating. They can make an introduction, sure, but very few VCs are micromanaging to the point of determining a portfolio company's tech stack.

Source: a decade of VC funded Enterprise saas company selling experience

[bombcar]

However there have been cases of a product being used internally because a board member recommended it. I’ve seen small versions of it myself.

[linuxftw]

My source: Worked for a startup hosting company, our biggest clients were backed by the same VC's as us.