Not to defend the VC in this case, but thin skin assumes that the VC did not take the meeting because they were offended by not being picked first. VCs and Investors are more often than not lemmings with strong FOMO bias, and perceiving no other VC is interested is enough of a signal to not waste time.
From my own experience having met with VC's and investors is that most are inundated with pitches, and the old addage of 'Take every meeting you can' has been replaced with 'Say No by default.' There is no exact science, and so there are proxy signals they use in their heuristic.
It reminds me of the scene in money ball where the scouts are complaining about a baseball player who does not date an attractive women, so therefore they should not sign him because he doesn't have confidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6naO8n6HsqE
From my own experience having met with VC's and investors is that most are inundated with pitches, and the old addage of 'Take every meeting you can' has been replaced with 'Say No by default.' There is no exact science, and so there are proxy signals they use in their heuristic.
It reminds me of the scene in money ball where the scouts are complaining about a baseball player who does not date an attractive women, so therefore they should not sign him because he doesn't have confidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6naO8n6HsqE