Itay Levy

I was once pitching in a board room at a top 3 VC firm for a $15M Series A. 12 people in the meeting. One of the GPs fully fell asleep. Out cold for 30+ minutes. Nobody acknowledged it. Everyone just kept going. I kept presenting my Series A slides to an unconscious man in a Herman Miller chair and somehow that was considered normal. That's venture capital. You might fly across the country to perform for people who may or may not be conscious. It's a dance. And sometimes you lead and sometimes you follow and sometimes your partner is unconscious. If you're raising right now, just know: every founder has a story like this. The process is weird. The power dynamic is weird. You're not crazy for thinking it's weird. No one talks about it because they want to continue raising. But I'm happy to stick my neck out there. It is weird.

אני לא אכניס אתכם לכל העלילה שאבי מספר פה, אני רק אאמלק ואגיד שהוא פנה לאקסלרטור לקבל עזרה לסטארטאפ שלו והם בתמורה גנבו לו את הרעיון. וזה הזדמנות נהדרת לציין שגם לי זה קרה בישראל. נפגשנו עם משקיע, ביקש חומרים, דמו, פגישה טכנית, בסוף העביר הכל לאחת מחברות הפורטפוליו של הקרן.