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April 29, 2024

44% of startups score their investors a “1 out of 5” on helpfulness

Founders report their relationships with VCs have gotten worse or much worse in the last 12 months.


Anne Sraders

4 min read

The economic downturn might be easing up — but founder-investor relations haven’t taken a turn for the better yet. According to a new Sifted survey conducted this month, 71% of startup founders feel like their relationships with their investors have gotten worse, not better.

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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