Good VCs are not "nice." Good VCs are high-integrity. They're dependable partners. But they're not "nice." If you have a bad idea, they'll tell you why it's bad. If you fuck your pitch, they'll tell you what you fucked up. If a founder's screwing up their company or being unrealistic, they'll call it out and tell them what no one else is willing to say to their face. If there's bad behavior in the industry, they'll say something about it and try to change it. Every great investor I can think of in this industry, I would not describe them as "nice." "Nice" VCs just try to stay quiet, squeeze into deals, and not rock the boat. Nobody objects to them, but they don't win deals, and they're not the people you want to work with when the going gets tough. We don't need more "nice" VCs.