- happy because Ruff deserves full time focus and having a team that can focus on tooling as their main product (not a nights&weekends hobby) is a clear win for everyone;
but also
- concerned because VC is not charity, and this must surely come with strings attached (in terms of future growth); I haven't seen many VCs aiming for "sustainable profitable business providing great value for the community" type exits; then again, if this turns into a Hashicorp-type story that wouldn't be too bad an outcome either
- happy because Ruff deserves full time focus and having a team that can focus on tooling as their main product (not a nights&weekends hobby) is a clear win for everyone;
but also
- concerned because VC is not charity, and this must surely come with strings attached (in terms of future growth); I haven't seen many VCs aiming for "sustainable profitable business providing great value for the community" type exits; then again, if this turns into a Hashicorp-type story that wouldn't be too bad an outcome either