--- title: Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names description: A viral thread on X has founders sharing VC horror stories, ranging from investors falling asleep during pitch meetings to signing term sheets and ghosting, to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/founders-share-vc-horror-stories-and-some-are-naming-names-6cjp0qnr3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names | daily.dev og:description: A viral thread on X has founders sharing VC horror stories, ranging from investors falling asleep during pitch meetings to signing term sheets and ghosting, to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/founders-share-vc-horror-stories-and-some-are-naming-names-6cjp0qnr3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6CJp0QNR3.png og:image:alt: Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A viral thread on X has founders sharing VC horror stories, ranging from investors falling asleep during pitch meetings to signing term sheets and ghosting, to more serious allegations. Cloudflare founder Matthew Prince named names, claiming a Sequoia partner passed on Cloudflare due to gender bias against co-founder Michelle Zatlyn, and that Vinod Khosla suggested firing his co-founders and taking their equity. Despite the negativity, some founders shared positive experiences. The thread highlights the opaque power dynamics of startup fundraising and the experiences founders typically only share privately. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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