Opinion

March 23, 2020

Coronavirus will show VCs' true colours

Supposedly 'founder friendly' investors are displaying some very bad behaviour in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Founders won't forget.


Matt Clifford

4 min read

Most of us in the startup community pride ourselves on knowing something about exponential growth. Even so, it’s been hard to take in how quickly coronavirus has changed the landscape in the last couple of weeks. Unfortunately, some investors are using the global crisis to engage in bad behaviour. It’s unethical, short sighted and counterproductive — even if you believe we’re living in a new world.

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