[gphil]

My opinion is that you probably shouldn't raise money unless you need money to execute your business plan. Some business plans aren't capital intensive, so why give a big chunk of your company away if you don't need additional capital to execute your vision. I don't think mere "growth acceleration" is enough to warrant it. You need to be doing something with the money that you couldn't accomplish otherwise.

[MateuszMucha]

That's exactly what I'm thinking now. And what smart people have been advising me all along... it took me a while to hear them, though.