ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

In contrast with a startup such as Kiva, the drive to fix real problems, make and impact and give to the community makes traditional business feel vain, and startups all the more inspiring. This makes for a more fluid deal flow, with more standardized and competitive terms, with more contacts and experience on top.

Silicon Valley 156

Silicon Valley Finland Sweat Equity Entrepreneur 156

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I also find this as an invaluable source of future deal flow, future recruiting and future decisions about whom I want to co-invest with. Having a relationship with investor groups that don’t have a board seat helps keep relationships strong with the investment community.

Cofounder 251

Cofounder Conversion Management Founder 251

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

We have such a deluge of inbound deal flow via our network that we are not investing a lot of energy seeking out additional companies to filter. However, as the millennials reach decision-making roles in companies, an increasing number of senior executives and investors are actively participating in gated online communities.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

ATI has served the entrepreneur community for over twenty years and focuses on the IT, Wireless, Clean Energy and Bioscience verticals. The Assistant Director will manage the deal flow process and lead our due diligence efforts to admit new members.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Intellectual Property Incubator Due Diligence 70

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. A true industry luminary will help in deal flow & differentiation . These folks are rare, expensive, and often have multiple side obligations (book deals, speaking engagements, etc.). Disadvantages. In-house, brand-name guru.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. This group claims to be the largest angel investment community in the world. A caveat is that this is a for-profit organization, so fees to present may be significant. USA Angel Investment Network.

North America 337

North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. Kushim manages your deal flow and track portfolio performance. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. This is perhaps the most widely-used source of information on Angel investor groups across the world, run by the “Father of Angel Investing in New York,” David Rose. It powers over 1,000 investment Angel and VC groups in 80+ countries.

North America 289

North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. Although relatively new, they announced early last year that their community had already grown to more than 500 startups, and 2,500 investors.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

We are trying hard to live up to the guidelines we laid out for our investors, our portfolio companies and our community. He is already increasing our deal flow in key areas in “the quantified self” and digital media and begun working operationally with existing companies.

Ireland 324

Ireland Jordan Portfolio Flash 324

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

While the historic capital-raising process is driven by face-to-face networking and salesmanship, some GPs actively participate in LP/GP communities to find and build relationships with potential LPs. However, 87% of our respondents don’t actively participate in any such community.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. This group claims to be the largest angel investment community in the world. A caveat is that this is a for-profit organization, so fees to present may be significant. USA Angel Investment Network.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I believe AngelList is capable of managing deal flow by acting as a filter. I personally like meeting teams very early on and wish I could get more proprietary deal flow from it. All investors must be accredited with a couple of deals already under their belt. My Personal Take on AngelList.

Valuation 292

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. 4) Manage deal flow. to motivate their angel community to support their startups.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2017

Have domain expertise in an emerging area that the VC cares about and wants to develop more authority and deal flow around. The most obvious candidates of this sort are the folks who started or led community organizations focused on startups and their respective tech communities. ” That’s pretty much it.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Due Diligence Deal Flow Early Stage 28

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I like to meet people like this because in an hour I get catch up on everything going on in the startup community. Marketing = deal flow = share of mind = start of future relationships. I met for coffee with one of my favorite “startup advisors” in LA. They become my eyes and ears. And I theirs.

Email 314

Email Product Term Sheet Portfolio 314

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Opening up our circle to create and scale genuine engagement for people outside of typical venture networks is how we do business—and we’re getting exceptional deal flow because of that. So come participate in the community we’re creating around Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.

Venture Capital 95

Venture Capital Community Accredited Investor Deal Flow 95

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. The “haves&# possess money, power, influence, or the right friends with those qualities.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 28, 2011

Building a reputation and community in your target market. Building Reputation and Community in Target Market. We've talked in the past about different types of startup blogs on ReadWriteStart but the key point here is you can start blogging to build an early community. Leveraging Product Feedback Earlier.

Stealth 126

Stealth Deal Flow Reputation Lean 126

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. This group claims to be the largest angel investment community in the world. A caveat is that this is a for-profit organization, so fees to present may be significant. USA Angel Investment Network.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2011

A group such as LinkedIn’s Deal Flow Network has over 11,000 members and provides a simple way for investors to share tips about strategies and upcoming opportunities. Online startup communities, such as Go Big Network and Fundingpost , also make it possible for investors to search for new opportunities.

Exit Strategy 167

Exit Strategy Balance Sheet Salary Startup 167

The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 24, 2014

It’s a great way for us to meet with lots of founders, improve our deal flow and hopefully give a little back to teh community. Every month we run an open office hours. Many other VCs do something similar. Most entrepreneurs come here to pitch us.

Deal Flow 120

Deal Flow Community Founder Partner 120

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

If you are interested in impact investing, I encourage you to join the Impact Finance Center (IFC) and presenting funders The Anschutz Foundation, Zoma Foundation, The MacArthur Foundation , Colorado Health Foundation , and Gary Community Investments at CO Impact Days 2017 , Nov 15-17, in Denver, Colorado. Register as an Investor: [link].

Colorado 125

Colorado Denver Seattle Cofounder 125

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

Resistor is a bit under the radar as a very cool community—and so being associated with it was a signal that I could have only known about if, again, I spent all of my efforts as a seed investor turning over every rock looking for opportunity. They can help filter who these organizations should be focusing their time in supporting.

Prospectus 135

Prospectus Startup .Net Deal Flow 135

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. All of these findings inspired the team to move forward with a more robust storytelling app for the Chicago community and schedule a release in spring of 2019.

Chicago 148

Chicago Illinois New York City Cofounder 148

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Ted: Great service to the startup community! It will be immensely helpful in those jurisdictions which lack sophisticated, VC-oriented legal communities, such as Colorado and most of the West (other than California and Washington of course) and where seed rounds are substantially smaller. As a community we can achieve a lot.

Finance 40

Finance Term Sheet Vesting LLC 40

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Are investors allowed to come into deals that the fund does side by side with the fund? This creates a source of deal flow for investors who aren’t out there full time creating opportunities. In fact, those deals are actually set up as mini-funds. Access to the partner. Access to other investors.

Portfolio 103

Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Deal Flow 103

ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

On July 1, 2006, commenting on the Indian startup scenario, I had written a blog post called Too Much Money, Too Few Deals. Today, the Indian scenario has improved greatly, but still the issue of lack of a mature deal flow remains. During this week's roundtable, we had three startups presenting.

Incubator 128

Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

David Cohen

JUNE 18, 2022

So the freedom we’re seeking often ends up as a dream deferred because we don’t have access to any of the stages of capital required to grow and scale, and we don’t have a seat at mainstream tables where deals flow.

Kansas City 140

Kansas City Kansas Equity Deal Flow 140

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I’ve backed multiple Black founders and entrepreneurs from the LGBTQ community and so I’ve seen a very wide mix of founders pitch, get funded and get passed on. This is lazy, sexist, and racist—and also stupid because it has no provable impact on deal flow quality. So how come the numbers are so skewed in favor of white men?

Venture Capital 178

Venture Capital Cofounder Deal Flow Later Stage 178

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2020

As for the output: you’re becoming customers of startups, you’re co-developing ideas, you’re investing, and you’re acquiring with the startup community. The Deal Flow Session. The model that’s worked consistently is the deal flow session. That’s all great in theory,” I told Will.

Silicon Valley 78

Silicon Valley Deal Flow IP Curation 78

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 16, 2024

What if I ran a community of GTM experts and hosted a podcast about the best practices and success stories of new companies that punched above their weight on the marketing side? What successful founder wouldn’t reach out to me to brainstorm strategies and potential first hires?

Founder 88

Founder Bandwidth Deal Flow B2B 88

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. Also, we are greatly encouraged by the early reception we are receiving from the investment community as well as encouraged by the general interest in robotic investments worldwide.

Texas 103

Texas Advisory Board Startup Angel Investor 103

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

Last up, Alvin Yuen from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pitched Techsailor , a services company that provides online community engagement to major brands. We're here to supplement your efforts and provide a base level of entrepreneurship education to a large number of entrepreneurs in your communities in a scalable manner through a virtual program.

Malaysia 114

Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

For the last two years, I’ve been pretty vocal about politics on social media , in my weekly tech community newsletter and on this blog. I also believe in treating people with respect and being helpful when I can—treating the world like a community where we all benefit from generosity and things aren’t always zero sum.

Arkansas 105

Arkansas Cofounder Limited Partner Algorithm 105

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 16, 2024

Then, they need to figure out a way to project that brand up above the venture community, like a Bat signal calling for the best founders to come and pitch them.

Vertical 97

Vertical Differentiation Cofounder Deal Flow 97

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

billion put into 1,025 deals during the same period last year. the dip in capital invested but rise in deal flow is a sign of health as investors return to funding more early-stage deals,” said Jessica Canning, global research director for Dow Jones VentureSource. Europe Sees Lowest Deal Count on Record.

China 74

China Europe North America India 74