An interesting exercise would be for just one fund to not care about deck spacing, font and background ... or whether they have a CEO ... or if founders are ex-

An interesting exercise would be for just one fund to not care about deck spacing, font and background ... or whether they have a CEO ... or if founders are ex-FB ... A fund that just backs raw R&D ... with no referrals or exit history ... only evals the tech on merit The few pure R&D funds that do that, to my knowledge, are restricted to university spin-outs right now As things stand today -- the individuals (I know) most capabable of building awesome engineering are the least likely to get through the current VC obstacle courses -- who are all looking for the same needle in the same haystack