"It is important that if you decide to accept the invitation for Seedcamp Week, that you participate with the intention to accept a Seedcamp investment. We have streamlined this week and process to help entrepreneurs and speed up a historically unnecessarily lengthy investment process. As such we believe teams should provide the same good faith and participate with the intention of bringing Seedcamp on board as an investor."
The Mini-Seedcamp events all over Europe and the multi-stage application/interview process offer loads of chances to get to know the people involved before participating in Seedcamp week proper.
It is extremely stupid, not to put too fine a point on it to accept any cat in any bag at any price. You need to know your potential investor quite well before going with them.
That's also to the investors advantage, so to see a clause like this is a big red flag.
What if you really don't connect on any level and they still want a part of your company ? What if you feel you simply can not trust them ?
"It is important that if you decide to accept the invitation for Seedcamp Week, that you participate with the intention to accept a Seedcamp investment. We have streamlined this week and process to help entrepreneurs and speed up a historically unnecessarily lengthy investment process. As such we believe teams should provide the same good faith and participate with the intention of bringing Seedcamp on board as an investor."