Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. Sure, there is 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.

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. 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. Her answer? ‘I

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Sebastian Soler recently launched Knowledge.vc , which uses software and machine learning to enhance deal sourcing and diligence for VC firms. 4) Manage deal flow. She is a model for us all!

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

I spend a good deal of time sharing deal flow up and downstream with Series A and B investors, and when they ask me about opportunities coming down the pipeline in 6-12 months, I usually share what I’ve been told from the founders themselves over email or phone — I become their subtle pitch man. That’s fine.

Early Stage 167

Early Stage Deal Flow Finance Metrics 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 16, 2024

Articulation of a focus area accomplishes a few critical things for an investor: Inbound content marketing for deal flow—because you want your brand to get you on a founder’s list of smart people to talk to, especially if you don’t think the brand of your firm and your position within that firm will guarantee you all the best deals.

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Vertical Differentiation Cofounder Deal Flow 97

View from Seed

MAY 12, 2015

And if you’re easily able to get an introduction to a particular partner through a close tie in your own network, that’s often just the right approach. Don’t overthink it. Sometimes it’s better to go to a more senior partner.

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Partner Term Sheet Reputation Deal Flow 120

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Jolly (Austin, TX) Shelby Stephens, CEO Jolly is a professional social network for the gig economy, where freelancers and businesses connect to grow their networks, work together freely and build their reputations. Investors connect with Techstars to gain access to quality deal flow.

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Austin Curation Startup Dallas 62

Austin Startup

JUNE 4, 2017

Startup deal flow is the most important thing in an institutional investor’s life. Startup deal flow is the least important thing in a non-institutional (angel) investor’s life. If they go dark it means they are not going to invest. Just move on. Remember that. I write for fun about topics I find interesting.

Austin 54

Austin Institutional Investors Angel Groups Deal Flow 54

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► January. (1).

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San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. The results were more diverse inbound deal flow, and which we assessed using a neutral filter.

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Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60