> I think if you have a healthy busy growing well, you shouldnt raise unless you have ambition and urge to go faster.

My previous employer was like this. A 20yo company with a nice always increasing ytoy growth. The CEO told for 20 years that he would never raise any money. It was an incredible place to work : nice compensation, product and consumer centered, we had time and means to do the right things.

Until the CEO changed his mind and raised money anyway. But we didn't have to fear anything because those investors were very different and not like the other greedy ones.

Well I'm not working there anymore for a hella lot of reasons that are just the same as everywhere else.

But at least the CEO who was already rich is now incredibly rich.