> I don't even need that much money to raise, just ~$2M to boot. VCs are essentially betting and that is a microscopic sized bet. Most VCs beyond angel investo

> I don't even need that much money to raise, just ~$2M to boot. VCs are essentially betting and that is a microscopic sized bet. Most VCs beyond angel investor size are looking for bets to move the needle. Have you considered bootstrapping? If you think you need 2m you can likely bootstrap an mvp with 1% or 10% of that. Key takeaway: asking for that much in the valley is at least as much of a reason to be passed over vs getting passed over because of the whole background non-ivy league thing.