You just spent the entire night redoing your pitch deck, double and triple checking for typos and formatting errors before hitting the send button to the large VC firm that a close friend just connected you with. You sit back and double check your mail tracker program a few times before settling in for the long wait. What happens next varies largely from firm to firm but in general, the due diligence process of a VC firm is not something that is widely shared or discussed. Michalski, one of Hong Kong’s startup ecosystem champions, has been investing, working and living in Asia since 1999. When you do the math you quickly realize how much time it takes to be a full time VC investor.

Source: Forbes July 18, 2017 23:39 UTC