Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

One of the major calibration pieces for me was where to find deal flow. As a VC you want to feel like you have “proprietary sources” of deal flow. I sorted out pretty early that lawyers were a great source of deal flow. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow.

Early Stage 361

Early Stage Deal Flow Investment Bankers Technical Review 361

David Teten

MAY 29, 2019

Most private equity professionals fail to see even a majority of the potential deals flowing through their target markets, according to the latest research. Suggested background: Deal Origination Best Practices. Don’t be one of them! Speakers (to date): Dave Harvey, CEO, Harvey & Co LLC.

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Private Equity Deal Flow Equity LLC 60

Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2018

Chasing deal flow has resulted in many VCs leading the race to the bottom in startup ethical behavior. While Silicon Valley has grown to have global influence, in many ways the cultural leadership from the venture community has dramatically shrunk in the last decade.

Part-Time VPE 353

Part-Time VPE Leadership Silicon Valley Los Angeles 353

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 20, 2024

Yes, as track record is a combination of deal flow and deal selection. You can show that you have deal flow, for example, by being a highly sought-after marketing advisor to top Y Combinator companies and that you’ve picked up equity options in these companies previously. Are there proxies for track record?

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Deal Flow Syndication Syndicate Cap Table 147

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

This is perhaps the most reliable source of information on angel investor groups across the world, and the software is used by most of the other angel organizations mentioned below for deal flow. It boasts 595 member-managed groups and VCs, 30,203 investors, and 2,900 new company applications a month. Keiretsu Forum.

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Angel Investor North America South America Accredited Investor 255

Haystack

JULY 12, 2019

Now that there are so many new companies started, so much money in the ecosystem, and new types of funds out there, deal velocity is increasing. To find signal in all the noise of that deal flow stream, “who” the source is certainly matters. But, then again, introductions can be a dime a dozen.

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Early Stage Deal Flow Technical Review Social Media 72

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Rolodex/deal flow (deal sourcing/ability to make connections for the portfolio). For venture firms who want to groom/grow associates or operating execs into partners (rather than hiring proven partners), here’s my suggestion: Have them start as an analyst (search for deal flow and people, due diligence).

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Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review Startup 334

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

For example, we created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to our funnel. This tool serves to standardize & automate the process of collecting inbound deal flow. It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

For example, we created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to our funnel. This tool serves to standardize & automate the process of collecting inbound deal flow. It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

According to that report, over the past year the top 30 firms participated in 663 unique deals (almost a quarter of all deals) with amounting to almost $9 billion in investment. Healthcare was the number 2 sector for both the deal numbers and deal size.).

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Deal Flow Venture Capital Web Development Advertising 121

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 years ago. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel.

Los Angeles 387

Los Angeles Intellectual Property LP Venture Capital 387

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2018

US VC deal flow in healthcare hit an all-time high this year as we continue to refine our thesis on the space. This helps encourage the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency ). In addition, our existing startups in this space continue to do well. For example, Coinbase raised its Series E this quarter. Bio/healthcare.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review North America Seattle Deal Flow 123

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. The first three skills I espoused were: access to the highest-quality deal-flow, domain knowledge of the topic area in which you’re investing and access to VCs to help fund the next stages of development.

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Cap Table Angel Investor Liquidation Preference Deal Flow 283

NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 31, 2021

Building deal flow so that you have access to more opportunities and can select from the best possible options. Alongside diversification, a couple of other aspects also contribute towards building a strong portfolio, including: Having an investment mandate or thesis to provide safety rails around your decision making.

Portfolio 87

Portfolio New Zealand Management Technical Review 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Sure, there will always some seed funding (10% of overall deal flow), but you can bet that this money goes to entrepreneurs who have been there before and won. The market and venture capitalists are looking for business, but with a continuing focus on proven business models.

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Venture Capital IPO Elevator Pitch Initial Public Offering 252

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders.

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Chad Illinois Nepal Haiti 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This software platform is used by many 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.

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North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

From our inception we have been perfecting this process from the perspective of deal flow. Our vision has always been to facilitate the connections between entrepreneurs and early stage investors.

Early Stage 133

Early Stage Technical Review New York Deal Flow 133

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

VCAP© will be operated through NAIC’s subsidiary, The Marathon Foundation, a business development network that supports entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow. The Marathon Foundation (TMF) is a business development network dedicated to entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow.

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The belief is that the best founders and investment opportunities are quite obvious to any smart investor, so it’s imperative to have proprietary deal flow and relationships. Early in my career, there was the sense that you needed to invest in companies that no one else saw.

Early Stage 120

Early Stage Florida Deal Flow Venture Capital 120

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2010

Venture Firms use the contests as another source of deal flow and talent. Business plans are easy to grade, score and judge. Schools can get Venture Firms to fund prizes for the best business plan. There is no alternative. The irony is that business plan competitions ought to be held for plans from large companies not for startups.

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Business Plan Business Model Customer Development Deal Flow 320

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

This setup is incredibly investor-friendly because investors may pick and choose whatever companies they want to invest in from the deal flow. The average investment horizon for angel funds is between eight and ten years.

Seed Stage 125

Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 125

VC Cafe

APRIL 24, 2024

billion was deployed into early-stage gaming deals in a single quarter (much attributed to Covid lockdowns etc). While investors have reset their expectations, a few more big exits or a consistent increase in deal flow could help reopen the funding floodgates.

IP 168

IP Artificial Inteligence Early Stage IPO 168

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This mismatch can create challenges for some investors, especially ones with fairly disciplined models and who have great deal flow. Newer investors are more likely to stretch up to hit the bid because they feel like it’s a coup to work with this founder.

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Founder Deal Flow Early Stage Operations 194

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

That means they spend a lot less time actively seeking out new deals than they do responding to inbound deal flow. VCs therefore use whatever heuristics they can in order to triage the deal flow. One of the primary ones is the referral source.

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2021

So my advice boils down to these simple points: Make sure you see tons of deals. Don’t rush to do deals. Almost certainly the quality of your deal flow will improve over time as will your ability to distinguish the best deals I also am personally a huge fan of focus.

Angel Investor 301

Angel Investor Deal Flow Portfolio Forecast 301

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Deal Flow I often talk about how I think the best VCs “ play offense ,” by which I mean proactive go out and find a market segment or niche that they uniquely know, can uniquely serve or have some other natural advantage and go out and find deals you like. Deal flow and winning will drive change faster than any other outcome.

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Founder San Francisco Deal Flow Los Angeles 256

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Great returns in early stage investing is driven by great deal flow and good picking. Indeed, this trend is happening across the world, but for now, we are primarily focused on North America. Belief #4: The Best Way to Spot Outliers is to be Thematic. As Peter Thiel has said, the key is to be non-consensus-right.

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 16, 2024

If you’re trying to break into venture, the top recruit is expected to hit the ground running—to already have deal flow because they’re regularly talking to top performers. What good is hiring someone whose only conversations with rising stars happen because they just joined a fund?

Founder 88

Founder Bandwidth Deal Flow B2B 88

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.

Portfolio 134

Portfolio Syndication Syndicate Deal Flow 134

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Here are a few key things I’ve learned: While VCs work with entrepreneurs, they often need reminders to be entrepreneurial themselves—to strive to take on new projects that create community (and exclusive deal flow), teach them something new, or help them stand out.

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Term Sheet Deal Flow Venture Capital Partner 78

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

But returns are partly a function of whether one can get access to great deal flow. He decided to wrap himself in it, provide unparalleled information about SaaS businesses and push all of his chips into the pile. Time will judge Jason’s VC career on returns just like it does all of us.

LP 150

LP Israel Technical Review Deal Flow 150

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Those folks may be hired in vertical specialties, and the larger and more successful incubators have enough deal flow to keep their agendas filled. If you are a real estate tycoon and have the urge to mentor, the odds are that Dreamit will have deal flow of interest to you.

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Incubator Vertical Deal Flow Technical Review 48

A Crowded Space

DECEMBER 9, 2013

He describes his deal flow process as simply “waiting for the phone to ring.” This gives them a unique advantage when it comes to deal flow. So, here are my lessons learned and applications to venture: . ” And frankly, I believe it. Their intended holding period is forever. ” .

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Technical Review Deal Flow Balance Sheet Down Round 68

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. It should help some entrepreneurs to better access early-stage capital and should allow some angel investors better access to deal flow. Social proof can be helpful. But it can also be destructive.

Syndication 356

Syndication Syndicate Cofounder Early Stage 356

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s very easy to get caught up in processing your day to day deal flow without leaving enough time to come up for air and do some research. I told her to go find the best thinkers she could on a particular topic of interest and sit down for a discussion with them.

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Deal Flow Networking Leadership Audience 167

ithacaVC

MAY 24, 2014

Good perspective though I am favorably biased towards activity that I see “up here” Our deal flow is strong and constantly growing. It is worth reviewing if you are interested in entrepreneurship and VC in upstate NY. It is actually better than ever. Enjoy the long weekend.

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New York Venture Capital Technical Review New York City 79