Dilution, loss of control, and pressured growth can sink even the most promising startups. Here's how smarter capital choices can safeguard your startup's future
For too many startups, raising capital is the easy part. The hard part? Making sure that capital actually works for them.
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But here's a reality check: funding isn't the finish line—it's the start of a new set of problems.
For too many startups, raising capital is the easy part. The hard part? Making sure that capital actually works for them. And more often than not, founders get this wrong—not because they lack vision, but because bad capital structuring slowly erodes their control, forces premature scaling, and eventually sinks the business.
And it's not only Zume. India has had its share of startups that got caught in the same trap.