Investor reveals why 66% of evaluated deals were rejected: competition

Investor dunkhippo33 shared October deal stats: of 2,718 applications and 370 deeply evaluated deals, rejections were driven by market competition (66%), valuation (14%), and unit economics (12%), with AI/ML making up 41% of pitches.

2026-11-05 ~ 2026-11-05 · 4 related posts

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