Finding investors is a weird affair, really. Ultimately you're asking someone to part with their own money. Of course you would hope it's based on the merit of

Finding investors is a weird affair, really. Ultimately you're asking someone to part with their own money. Of course you would hope it's based on the merit of your startup, but a lot of it is also 'seduction' (even for guys). Taking them to golf, dinner, building a slow relationship - winning them over. We're not talking about a company's hiring policy here. This is an individual with a lot of money, and you happen to want it. I do think that warrants a different set of standards. You're entirely right to deny the older creepy guys your business, but it's not a problem in the tech business. People work hard to get these rich people into one place so they can be swooned over. There isn't much of a filtering process there except for "they have money".