Founders: What’s the biggest headache when applying to investors?
I work at an angel syndicate and see how clunky the fundraising process really is, founders spending hours on intake forms, re-typing bios, hunting down metrics, only to get ghosted.
I’d love to hear your experience:
What’s your current submission process?
What’s the single most frustrating part?
If you’ve got 5 mins, here’s a super-short survey too:
Thanks 🙏
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Would also be great to hear people's experiences on investors reaching out on their own (more than a couple) even before product launch and when the founder has not floated any interest at all? Is that too happening with people?
Thanks for posting this finally someone's acknowledging how inefficient the process can be. I've spent countless hours filling out forms that ask for the same info: pitch deck, metrics, team bios. Then... silence. Not even a "no thanks." The worst part is the lack of feedback or transparency.
This is so real. The biggest frustration? Repackaging the same info 10 different ways. Every syndicate or VC seems to want a slightly different format. I've started to keep templates just to speed things up.
Serand
Me and my co-founder argue more about how to position ourselves for different investors than we do about product decisions. That tells you everything