> Oh ok, so VC's do like it
Some VCs liked it enough for an initial round. But you're using that to imply that the article's claims about VC reactions to their current attempt to raise money is "spinning a yarn", with zero evidence that this is true.
> Ah, got it. Their product is too expensive for too small of a market.
No it's not. Hospital-grade Medela pumps are much more expensive than the prices listed in the article. I don't know how the Naya compares to the hospital grade pumps, but the current crop of home-grade pumps are really really crappy, and if the Naya can improve on them, it can absolutely demand a higher price. And I don't know how large the pump market is, but given that pumps are something that every single mother can use (whether or not they choose to do so), I don't think that's a particularly small market.
The real problem isn't market size, it's competing with the free home pumps many parents get, and convincing people who do buy pumps that it's worth paying for the better pump. If their product is significantly better, they have a chance.
> I'm male and I've been sexually harassed or had a casually racist comment lobbed past me more times than I can count by a potential investor. It sucks.
Cry me a river.
In the context of this article, this line is actually pretty insulting. You're casually dismissing a really serious problem that female CEOs face on the basis that men occasionally see crappy behavior too. It's not at all comparable.
> It is not however why it's proving hard to close a massively risky, and I assume hugely expensive A round.
Bullshit. It sounds (and I can very easily believe this) like the VCs aren't even getting to the point of properly evaluating the product and company, because they're too hung up on it being a female CEO with a product that the male VCs don't have any experience with and think is "gross". Here you're completely dismissing that and just assuming that the VCs are actually doing something that the article provides direct evidence to the contrary.
If Juicero can get funded, Naya should be able to get funded too. The problem is VCs could easily understand the appeal of Juicero's product, but they don't seem to be even trying to understand Naya's product and market.