No I don't really need VC money. I need more money, but I'm pretty sure I can crowd-source it again via Seedrs.
£30k is a lot but not that much... I had to pay for non-tech stuff too. My Russian dev is very good value compared to hiring in Europe. I'd really rather have one top-notch guy than 5 ok guys. The quality of dev so far has been 1st class.
1. Your one top-notch guy who getting in a car crash would put your business on hold for months until you could find a replacement. My 5 "ok" guys are fault tolerant, providing constant development regardless of what life throws at them.
2. My 2 developers aren't just "ok", they're rock stars. 1st class all the way. I pay them $5/hr. Don't underestimate India or the Philippines because they're low cost. Don't overestimate the difficulty of programming. It may seem hard to you but to someone who knows how to program it's incredibly simple. To a fluent developer, writing code is like writing an essay.