seems the world is binary for founders

0 bootstrap

1 venture capital

As a bootstrapper, I’m not against outside money or giving ownership away. 

But is there something between bootstrapping and taking venture capital?

Founder /kiwi-news, a decentralized Hacker News

Vc is money can be useful. When it comes from the right vc at the right time for the right reason. 

Vinod khosla explains it the best

RaaS | Gelato | ex- Polygon | https://linktr.ee/Varunkcs


Many ecosystems have token alignment programs. It's worth considering researching that and exploring if you can build a business model around it
(Basically grant)

I agree, but for now I don‘t find it super useful. That‘s why I‘m looking for something in-between