On: Why do startups need all that funding money? It is just for advertising?

[coffeeaddicted]

We did only need a vserver for a start which are not hard to get at that price. Also I won't recommend my provider as we had horrible downtimes for a while and it's still not that good. So while we pay less than $20 per month, I wouldn't recommend it and the main reason we stay is that we have a 1 year contract.

[cperciva → coffeeaddicted]

while we pay less than $20 per month, I wouldn't recommend it...

Ok, that more or less matches what I thought -- that it's possible to get a VPS for less than $20, but not necessarily a very good idea.