Turn This Rejection Into Data, Not Destiny
A single “no” from Antler Japan is just one data point, not the verdict on SBT’s story—treat it as a sharp external critique, extract every useful constraint it reveals, and then keep building until the product itself forces the next investor to update their narrative about you. Shinya, Takamichi: your job now isn’t to feel inspired, it’s to turn this rejection into such obvious progress that, in hindsight, this becomes the plot point that makes your eventual “yes” look inevitable.