We got really far with an established VC, and had workshops across strategy, product and tech to make sure we were a good fit. The final answer was no

Rejected from a VC due to tech stack

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2021-06-13 02:30:08

We got really far with an established VC, and had workshops across strategy, product and tech to make sure we were a good fit. The final answer was no.

To my surprise, the reason for this was due to the choice of the technology stack, which meant they didn't have confidence in the tech arm (I'm the CTO, so that would be my area :/)

We are a data-analytics company. The main chosen tech stack is Vue.js, Typescript, Azure, C#, .Net, Azure Functions, CosmosDb, Docker - but we're at the point where changing that wouldn't be too painful.

The general feedback during the tech workshop was that it was a surprising choice, given we are aspiring to move into data-analytics and a language like python (no doubt running on AWS) would be a better choice - especially when it comes to hiring, as the typical C#/.Net developer would be too enterprise focused.

I lightly fought back. Over the last 12 years of my career around .Net technologies (not 100% I might add, but it's certainly my primary experience) I have been involved in startups just as much as enterprise using .Net Framework, and I've come across some seriously talented and capable .Net developers and Azure architects.