My favourite reason for not investing from a British investor (Haatch) was “Yes, we can do the entire round. The New Year starts in April, we have the capital t

My favourite reason for not investing from a British investor (Haatch) was “Yes, we can do the entire round. The New Year starts in April, we have the capital to deploy, and we’d love to invest”. Followed by endless rounds of people being away or busy when it came time to collect the cheque and “we definitely still want to invest” when asked.