Most VCs go silent. We don't. A clear timeline, a real decision, and an honest reason every single time — even when the answer is no.
First reply within 3 business days. Final decision within 21 days. Published, not promised.
The worst thing in fundraising isn't a no — it's the slow no, the unanswered email, the months of "we'll circle back." Here is our entire process, in public.
Send your pitch. A partner — not a bot, not an intern — reads it and replies within three business days. You'll know if we're moving forward or not.
If there's interest, we dig in: focused questions, no stalling. A code audit is mandatory at this stage — it's how we underwrite what AI wrote.
One online interview, due diligence, and a decision with a reason. If it's a no, you get the actual why — feedback you can take to the next investor.
This is our contract with you before you've signed anything. Hold us to it — publicly.
No founder who pitches NoRev is ever ghosted. Ever. That's the whole point.
First reply in 3 business days, final decision in 21. Your runway is too valuable for our maybe.
If we pass, you get the honest why — specific enough to actually help your raise.
Stage, check size, sectors, geography — all below. If you're not a fit, we'll tell you on day one, not week six.
We never forward your materials without your say-so. Share it your way — DocSend, PDF, whatever you trust.
When you win, it's your win. We don't post "we raised" — you did the hard part.
We'd rather tell you "not a fit" in one honest sentence than take a meeting to look busy. If your company sits outside the lines on the left, you'll hear that from us on day one.
We need a working product — not just a deck or an idea. Pre-revenue is fine and users are a plus, not a requirement; conviction in the founder and a sharp wedge into a real market matter more to us than a polished metrics slide.
Outside our box but think we're wrong? Tell us why in your pitch. We read every one.
We're not just writing a check — we're betting on a company our portfolio and customers will trust. So security is part of how we look at a deal, from day one.
The simplest way to show us: run a code audit — a security review of your actual codebase — and attach the report with your deck.
Any reputable code-audit provider works — Cure53, Trail of Bits, or your own auditor. And if budget is tight, there are fast, low-cost options too — so cost is never an excuse.
A code audit isn't required to pitch, but it's a signal we genuinely value — it can fast-track our diligence and shorten your path to a yes. No audit yet? Tell us how you think about security today; we'd rather see honesty than a checkbox.
Short, useful, founder-first. No thought-leadership filler.
The case for treating founders' time as the scarcest asset in the room — and what changed when we put a clock on ourselves.
A partner walks through a real rejection email and the reasoning behind it. The problem we're solving, not the product we're selling.
Why we back a sharp insight into a real market before we back a metrics slide at pre-seed.
Straight answers. If something isn't here, just ask in your pitch.
Two minutes to submit — your deck, plus a code audit report if you have one. A human reply within three business days. That's the deal.
Prefer email? founders@norev.vc — same three-day promise.