Back

Saket Sambhav

 • 

ADJUVA LEGAL® • 2m

🚨 Is the VC Game Rigged? A Social Experiment Exposes the Truth! 🚀 I came across a wild experiment by @bhavye_khetan on X (Twitter) that’s got me thinking. He created a FAKE FOUNDER persona with: Stanford CS background 🎓 Ex-Palantir experience 💼 Mentioned “AI” 3 times 🤖 No product, no pitch, no deck - just a cold email sent to 34 VCs. Guess what? 27 replied, and 4 even asked for a call! 😳 This exposes a harsh reality: VCs often prioritise pedigree and buzzwords over real substance. A 2023 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research backs this up - VCs are 30% more likely to engage with founders from elite schools, even with identical pitches. Meanwhile, a 2024 Crunchbase report shows cold email success rates are usually just 1.7%. The difference? ELITE CREDENTIALS and TRENDY TERMS like "AI" play into VCs' biases. What does this mean for founders without fancy logos on their pitch stuck in a system that rewards privilege over innovation? Let’s discuss! 👇

2 Replies
6
Replies (2)

More like this

Recommendations from Medial

Image Description
Image Description

Rohit Yadav

 • 

NCR Voyix • 1y

Can someone tell me how to approach a startup or write a cold email?

3 Replies
4

Priyank

 • 

Money • 1m

11 investor replies - 1 cold email. No pedigree. No warm intros. Just a deep understanding of a boring industry. We rewrote her pitch into 5 raw lines: a. Big problem b. Her unique insight c. What she’d done so far d. What she was raising for e. A

See More
Reply
1
4
Image Description

Priyank

 • 

Money • 1m

A founder I worked with raised ₹75L - without a pitch deck. He had no deck. No fancy metrics. Just a strong story, sharp clarity, and 1 powerful narrative email. Here’s what worked: 1. He knew his “why” cold - personal, specific, relevant 2. His M

See More
1 Reply
2
4
Image Description
Image Description

Priyank

 • 

Money • 1m

A founder I worked with raised ₹35L - without a single pitch deck review. He reached out saying, “Investors are viewing my deck, but no one’s replying.” The problem wasn’t traction. It wasn’t the round size. It was the order of his approach. He wa

See More
6 Replies
45
36
1
Image Description
Image Description

Kritarth Mittal • Soshals

Founder, Soshals | C... • 1y

people who suck at their jobs will continue to suck with AI as well, just take a look at this cold email

3 Replies
7

Yogesh Deshpande

Building • 1m

right now you guys as founders who wants to raise money from VCs either apply through cold email or their Google forms which maximum times go unheard if there is a way through which you can get more direct reach to VC and also understand why were you

See More
Reply
1
Image Description
Image Description

Priyank

 • 

Money • 2m

Unpopular Opinion: If you have zero traction, don’t pitch VCs yet. You know what I see too often? Founders sending decks before they’ve even tested the idea. Here’s the blunt truth: 💡 VCs don’t fund ideas. They fund signals. And “signal” doesn’t

See More
22 Replies
25
34

Download the medial app to read full posts, comements and news.