Lane-Fox says around 60-70% of the companies Founders Factory builds ends up raising a seed round, and some 30-40% go on to raise a Series A round . Plus, he says, they can get their companies through to an investable stage faster:

“The average startup takes 15 months to get to a seed round, we can do it in 9. The average time to get to a Series A is 12-15 months, we can do 9-12 months,”

This is where VBs bring unique value to founders, VCs, and their ventures through their involvement from day one.

Those that remain stuck in the quicksand and those who’ve shifted gears to embrace the power of digital.