Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

In exchange, these VCs/companies get early looks at new deal flow and offer aspiring entrepreneurs feedback and advice on their business plan. For those of you who don’t know, business plan competitions are held by universities who get their students to enter and compete to see who has the best business idea.

Business Plan 160

Business Plan Silicon Valley RSS Venture Capital 160

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. Kushim manages your deal flow and track portfolio performance.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Since the inception of NextView, we’ve had a reasonably even distribution between backing first time founders and founders who had started a company with success in the past. This mismatch can create challenges for some investors, especially ones with fairly disciplined models and who have great deal flow.

Founder 194

Founder Deal Flow Early Stage Operations 194

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

What tools to VCs use to manage their deal flow and internal processes? Ramanan Raghavendran, Managing Partner at Amasia , explains how they’re managing their processes: “At Amasia, our distributed presence on both sides of the Pacific mandates the use of technology to be effective, timely and coordinated.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Starting with exclusive rights to sell celebrity chef, Tyler Florence’s, line of baby food online, SproutBaby began seeing initial traction from customer interest as physical distribution spread. I believe AngelList is capable of managing deal flow by acting as a filter. My Personal Take on AngelList.

Valuation 292

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

We see innovation becoming more broadly distributed over time, and outlier companies being built in more and more places. But we are open minded about where great companies can be built as the access to talent, knowledge, and capital becomes more efficiently distributed across the country.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Rob Go

MARCH 16, 2014

I’ve been thinking a lot about the outcome distributions in different circumstances. I find that most people are not tuned to this sort of outcome distribution. I notice a lot of people are tuned to this kind of outcome distribution, and that colors the way that they go about solving problems.

Distribution 66

Distribution Venture Capital Deal Flow Aggregator 66

Austin Startup

JUNE 5, 2018

Before a change in the way France distributes passports to French citizens in the U.S., The grounds of the French Legation (now closed for restoration) There I would do the paperwork for distributing French passports and cartes nationales d’identité to those who had made an appointment through the Consulate.

France 48

France Technical Review Texas Austin 48

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

Either they build a firm in order to outsource the screening and sourcing, they don't do as much deal leading, choosing to follow instead, or they go later stage to narrow their aperture to a much smaller set of companies that already have traction and shrink the amount of deal flow they need to look at.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

It’s a way of looking at venture that I never thought of before—that venture capital and its distribution of ending outcomes is probably not something you’re going to go after if you don’t have at least a little bit of wealth cushion and definitely not if you’re already under water.

Venture Capital 180

Venture Capital Cofounder Deal Flow Later Stage 180

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

No distributed teams, no overseas teams, and definitely no companies that rely on “outsourcing” to build their core technology. It’s a simple density/deal flow issue. One of the investment criteria that I set for K9 Ventures is based on geography.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 124

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

No distributed teams, no overseas teams, and definitely no companies that rely on “outsourcing” to build their core technology. It’s a simple density/deal flow issue. One of the investment criteria that I set for K9 Ventures is based on geography.

Silicon Valley 112

Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 112

VC Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2023

Given the team’s background in media and entertainment, Remagine was focused from inception on the use of AI to create, distribute and monetise content, and have recognized the generative AI disruption early on: they began investing in generative AI in 2018. One firm that stood out during this search was Remagine Ventures.

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Israel Venture Capital Pennsylvania 78

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Besides being “busy doing great deals and distributing cash to your LPs”, what are they’re actually doing to make that happen? Just saying that you get on the list by doing great deals that exit is like saying, “The best pitchers in baseball are the ones that strike out the most batters.”

Non-Compete 97

Non-Compete Cofounder Cap Table Reputation 97

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. They exist as heuristics, but at the end of the day, deal flow trumps everything. In the battle for deal flow, the thesis is at the core of a fund’s value proposition.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

I don't have to tell you what the racial distribution of the group benefitting looks like relative to those doing the work. Sure, that means exponentially opening up the flow of deals and going through a ton of deal flow.

Michigan 122

Michigan Deal Flow Accredited Investor Equity 122