[danimal4580]

Hi - I've worked at a few VC firms.

"What to do" -> What do you want? Normally people pursue VC for (1) brand (2) capital and (3) resources capital can't buy, in that order.

If (1) -> check out hn.algolia and how to pitch seed stage funds. Also happy to offer more specific advice.

If (2)-> same as (1) and/or pursue quickly deployed grant money (check out grant finders for startups). Recommend the startup angle, my understanding is scientific grants are slow to get through.

If (3) -> see (1)

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Venture is a game of ruthless prioritization. 30 minutes, and I realize this sounds glib... is a lot. There are 10^6 (7?) startups you can look at. 30 minutes for every Delaware C corp doesn't scale well.

Good luck!

[literatithrow]

I wish I’d qualify the top post more. I’ve previously raised several rounds for a SaaS company. I can get the meetings. But this is Hard Tech, and something no one else is pursuing, and this results in a conversation where they come wholly unprepared and we spend the bulk aligning on what is this thing and why is it different, and if we try to gloss over that there’s no foundation to the claims we make.