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After running RapidAPI for about a year and getting funded by some top tier Angels & VCs, we decided it was time for a proper institutional seed round. The market was up, our revenue was groewing wildly and our metrics were regarded as top notch for our field - with a very good room to grow.
One of the first meetings I took was with one of the top VC firms in Israel. In the first meeting they were super impressed by our work and our progress and we immediately scheduled a follow up meeting for the next day. After updating one of our angels (who made the connection), he emailed them saying:
“… This is unbelievable for an 18 years old, right?….”
I immediately got a phone called from one of their surprised partners asking if that was indeed my age. Before the next meeting he wanted to talk to my parents and ask them about me. On the meeting the day after, he actually gave me the number of a psychologist he wanted me to talk to to “assess my mental fitness to run a company” and my “level of maturity”.
Looking at the (older) founders of some of their portfolio companies I find it hard to believe that they went through the same due diligence process.
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from Quora http://ift.tt/2llSWAy
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