Wish you baited him a bit more to find out which funders he's doing this with... Obviously everyone knows this happens in the industry given that everyone's merchants start getting inundated with calls after a file is submitted to funders. But soliciting backdoor relationships through a cold linkedin reach out is stupid. My guess is that you need to have some sort of personal / strong connection to get that done, not a cold call

Thanks for the call out though. Very needed in this industry