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2 days is nothing, VCs move slower than founders think. Demo review usually takes 1-2 weeks: partner watches it, discusses in Monday meeting, maybe loops in domain expert, then decides next steps. Silence for a week is normal. Silence for 3+ weeks without follow-up means soft pass. If you haven't heard anything in 10 days, polite check-in is fine.

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The good ones understand that 3 weeks to a startup is like half a year to an established company, especially in the earliest stages. At a later stage, a VC may well take more time, but there's less damage and lower risk appetited.

Anyone with access to money can do VC, but generally past some point of slowness, good founders just don't take the money as it does more harm than good. It's also faster and cheaper to get to market these days, and there's too much opportunity cost going around for months asking people what they think for $100k instead of directly going to market.

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