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Skymoon Ventures

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$$$$$ Santa Clara, US West

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4.0 4.2 3.6 3.8 4.3

4.0

RRE Ventures

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$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 17

3.7 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.9

3.9

Wellington Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Munich, Europe

Rated by 70

4.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.7

3.9

Sequoia Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 29

3.6 3.7 3.5 4.1 4.3

3.8

Clearstone Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Santa Monica, US West

Rated by 14

3.1 4.0 3.6 4.0 3.7

3.7

Leapfrog Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 22

3.9 3.6 3.8 3.3 3.9

3.7

Altos Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

3.8 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.9

3.7

Scale Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Foster City, US West

Rated by 35

3.8 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.7

3.6

Mayfield Fund

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 29

3.6 3.3 3.2 3.6 4.0

3.5

Spark Capital

 

$$$$$ Boston, US East

Rated by 31

3.6 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.8

3.5

Bessemer Venture Partners

 

$$$$$ Wellesley Hills, US East

Rated by 36

3.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 4.0

3.5

Trinity Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

3.6 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.7

3.5

Sigma Partners

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 37

3.8 3.3 3.2 3.7 3.5

3.5

New Enterprise Associates

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 30

3.3 3.5 3.4 3.1 3.5

3.4

First Round Capital

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 18

3.5 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.5

3.4

Union Square Ventures

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 32

3.8 3.3 3.1 3.6 3.2

3.4

Menlo Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

3.2 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.4

3.4

Kepha Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Waltham, US East

Rated by 18

3.7 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.3

3.3

Draper Richards, LP

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 21

3.9 3.5 2.9 3.0 3.2

3.3

Index Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Geneva, Europe

Rated by 17

3.7 3.4 2.9 3.5 3.1

3.3

Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 13

3.6 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.2

3.3

Advanced Technology Ventures

 

$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 12

3.1 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.0

3.3

True Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 23

3.3 3.6 3.2 3.0 3.6

3.3

InterWest Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 28

3.3 3.4 2.7 3.4 3.2

3.2

Polaris Venture Partners, L.P.

 

$$$$$ Waltham, US East

Rated by 14

3.0 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.2

3.2

Opus Capital

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

3.3 3.3 3.3 2.9 3.3

3.2

Gemini Israel Funds

Certified

$$$$$ Herzliya, ME / Africa

Rated by 31

2.9 3.6 3.1 2.8 3.5

3.2

Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 20

2.9 3.0 3.5 3.2 3.3

3.2

Levensohn Venture Partners, LLC

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 31

4.0 3.3 2.9 2.9 3.2

3.2

Greylock Partners

Certified

$$$$$ San Mateo, US Central

Rated by 29

3.6 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.2

3.2

Foundation Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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I need some counsel from someone who would have dealt with a situation of VCs walking away from a deal after signing the term sheet. Board pressured me to sign the term sheet with a VC even though it required a second investor to come in. Initially that VC showed a lot of enthusiasm to help me in finding the second investor. I guess he was hoping to get in the deal with some other VCs that I was talking to.

This week I see a completely different behavior from him. He told me that I am not bound by the exclusivity terms of the deals and feel free to go out. I feel like an idiot here since I spent so much of mine and board's time to discuss and negotiate this term sheet before signing.

What should I do in this situation? Has anyone faced a similar situation? It is a series A deal. I am afraid of losing credibility once other VCs find out that someone walked away from a signed term sheet. Am i worried unncessarily? Appreciate your thoughts.