Investor Slams SF VC Scene for Giving Term Sheets to 13-Year-Olds
jia_seed · x · 2026-07-30
Investor Jia expressed strong dissatisfaction with the current trend in the San Francisco venture capital circle of over-funding minors. She questioned why 13- and 15-year-olds are being given term sheets at a $2 million valuation, urging the industry to stop this irrational pumping.
She further pointed out that many young, impressionable engineering students are attracted and often misled by the supposed 'glory' of the SF startup scene. Instead of simply trying to build a good career, the hyper-competitive SF bubble pushes them into a toxic cycle of credential and capital chasing, resulting in a surprising uniformity among these young founders.
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