Fund manager’s sex deal outrage

"I will not leave Berlin without having sex with you. Deal?' ... The email Gesche Haas received from a fund manager. Picture: Facebook Source: Facebook

NETWORKING with fund managers is nerve-racking for start-up founders.

Gesche Haas, from New York, got a proposition she did not expect — sex. She was to find out she was not alone and has decided to speak up about it on valleywag on gawker.

At the event in Berlin, Haas had managed to secure 20 minutes with Pavel Curda, a tech entrepreneur and investor from the Czech Republic, a contributor at TheNextWeb, and adviser to Seedcamp, an annual accelerator program for start-ups.

"'Provides tough love and tactical hands-on help with business strategy, go-to-market, fundraising and hiring" ... Pavel Curda. Picture: Pavel Curda / Twitter Source: Twitter

Business meeting turned to sex deal ... Gesche Haas has gone public with the "inappropriate" actions of an influential fund manager. Picture: Meetup.com Source: Supplied

Haas, working at a start-up named Conjure.io, wanting to learn she could from her brief talk with Curda.

When she returned to her hotel, she was pleased to see an email from Curda had arrived. But when she read it, she was shocked and upset.

Upset and shocked ... What fund manager Pavel Curda sent after a 20-minute business meeting to discuss her company. Picture: Gesche Haas / Twitter Source: Twitter

She told valleywag: "I was so flustered. I couldn't sleep for an hour or two. What did I indicate to him?"

The next day Haas said she discovered that another woman at the conference had received the same email from Curda.

"That eliminated the factor that I'd brought this on myself," she said.

When she next saw Curda — who says on his website that he specialises in "connecting talent with right investors" and "providing tough love and tactical hands-on help with business strategy, go-to-market, fundraising and hiring" — she told him that his email was 'inappropriate' and never spoke to him again.

Haas did not want the story to be made public. Two other American tech women — Amy Vernon and Allyson Kapin — contacted valleywag. Haas then gave an interview.

"I believe that when women see what I posted, next time it happens, they'll call them out. Opting to be too scared to associate my name to something like this just did not seem to be the right answer, or the type of example I'd like to set."

Her decision has received widespread support.

Outed the shocking behaviour of powerful business people ... Some of the support for Gesche Haas' decision to make the "sex' advance public. Picture: Gesche Waa-Yi Haas / Facebook Source: Facebook

When the story became public knowledge Curda took to Twitter to explain what had happened.

Did not initially want to go public ... Gesche Haas. Picture: Facebook Source: Facebook

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