u/Muhznit wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
> If they are top tier investors, it might give them more options to keep the ship running if things get worse and absolutely they will have access to good advice regardless. Has someone made an investor tier list somewhere for reference or something yet?
u/michaelnovati replied ·
There are some yeah! But it's subjective because you can look at investors in different ways:
* Size of funds. This is strictly based on how much money an investor has received from its investors. In theory, people with money want to give their money to investors that have the best returns. So the raw amount of money raised by an investor is one signal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_venture\_capital\_firms
* Returns. Some funds are small and scrappy but their people have a great eye for startups and have a great track record for returns.
* Specific partners. Some investment firms have notable partners in specific areas of specialization and seeing those names on a cap table might be impressive. e.g. [https://www.forbes.com/midas/](https://www.forbes.com/midas/)
Some names that come up frequently in silicon valley are: Sequoia, A16Z, Benchmark, Greylock, Accel.