VentureHacks wants to help you get “venture-hitched.”

This is a really interesting idea, but I feel that much like with other rankings by user recommendation, it inevitably leaves the door open to people who will learn the system and then work the system.

Also, I'm just not so sure about the idea of a middle-man in this type of situation. Perhaps I'm idealistic, but I have always believed that if opportunity doesn't knock, you should build a door.