People who are looking for VC funding for their business consider it a slur, because VCs will use it as a reason not to fund. To give an analogy: “family car”

People who are looking for VC funding for their business consider it a slur, because VCs will use it as a reason not to fund. To give an analogy: “family car” is a good way of describing a safe car that fits a lot of passengers. But if you set up your SUV for rock-crawling and somebody calls it “a nice family car” you might consider it a slur.