I have a business idea and presently working on it. How could i reach to VC's in new york to discuss my idea for seed funding? What should be my approach to fix a meeting with them?
Here are two things that I've done in the past that worked well for me.<p>1) Use AngelList (<a href="http://angel.co" rel="nofollow">http://angel.co</a>) to search for investors that have funded companies similar to yours (but, that don't compete with you) and filter that even further by NY. This will provide you a good list to work from.<p>2) Find these investors on LinkedIn and see if you have a second connection to any of them that can provide you an intro.<p>This has worked very well for me in the past. As well as that, go to as many startup meetups & events and network your ass off. Keep growing your network and use it for intros. Cold emails & cold calls don't really work unfortunately.<p>When contacting VCs, don't go for a pitch straightaway. Instead, ask to pick their brain about a few things and get advice from them. Play the vanity card and work your way in this manner.<p>It's always best to go through multiple avenues to get an intro rather than a cold email directly to the VC.