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I'm a VC, although by no means a "Top VC". (Well, not yet!) I fully agree with the spirit of the post, which is that getting a warm intro shouldn't be required
by lpolovets 12y ago
I'm a VC, although by no means a "Top VC". (Well, not yet!) I fully agree with the spirit of the post, which is that getting a warm intro shouldn't be required to talk to a VC. What I will say is that most cold emails are not very good. When they are, many VCs, including myself, will reply and meet with the founder and treat it like any other startup pitch. Just last week, I talked with 3 founders who contacted me with an intro.
Requiring a warm-intro is simply an easy way to filter our a bunch of noise. FWIW, I would say that ~50% of warm-intro pitches that I see are good, and maybe ~5% of cold pitches are of a similar quality. About 1/3 of the pitches that I get come in cold.
- iandanforth 12y agoIs there any automated process by which people can apply for your time? Are there tools that serve the VC space to make filtering easier and to broaden your net?
- lpolovets 12y agoThere's stuff like DataFox and Mattermark to help with filtering. Also, bigger firms often have associates who do a lot of filtering work. There's no automated process to apply for my time. Emails work fine. :)