"Since starting my fund last year, I’ve met hundreds of founders. When I started out, I knew, I wanted to be one of those fabled ‘value-adding’ investors. Yet, it turned out that this investing thing is a lot harder, than it looks," writes Founding partner Christian Jantzen from Futuristic.vc in the guest entry.

You’re facing a lot of uncomfortable situations with founders you really like. You’re constantly fighting mental biases around you’re decision making. You’re saying no a lot. Like, really a lot.