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> The first investor who tried to invest was drunk at Demo Day and got handsy with a cofounder, so he was out. > One investor took me to lunch, said he wasn’t
by s_kilk 11y ago
> The first investor who tried to invest was drunk at Demo Day and got handsy with a cofounder, so he was out.
> One investor took me to lunch, said he wasn’t interested in investing, and wanted to ‘test’ the product out by going on a date with me.
> Another investor introduced me to a group of fellow investors as ‘the beautiful CEO who has two other beautiful cofounders’.
> Another never followed up with me after our meeting, but a month later invited me to an event his VC was holding with a ‘PS – this is a personal invite’ (meaning I was invited as a date, not because I was being considered as a potential investment).
> Another investor met with my CTO, held off on investing, and then asked one of our matchmakers if he could be set up with our CTO, or someone like her.
Shameful carry-on (on the part of the investors).
- dantillberg 11y agoWhose actions are you calling shameful here? It's not clear (to me, at least).
- s_kilk 11y agoI don't see how it could be unclear. In what way could the shame be on the female participants in these scenarios? I've added clarification to my original post.
- dantillberg 11y agoThanks! It was ambiguous to me (and perhaps only me), as one could be saying that it was "shameful for the OP to carry on about this".
- s_kilk 11y agoAh yes, that actually makes sense, "carry on" is a british saying. It's a bit like saying "that's shameful behaviour".