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Accelerators And Seed Deal Flow

Haystack

It feels like a tsunami of deal flow , and for me, I’ve outlined how I pay attention to inbound flow in terms of what gets priority. And one of the sources of that flow are the new accelerators (I’m lumping incubators, accelerators, etc.

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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

The event presenter, FUND, is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. I work in technology where the dress code is relaxed, but an executive woman my age can wear neither a hoodie nor a stuffy suit.).

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Investors And Incubators Need To Look At Pre-Incubation

ReadWriteStart

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. Incubator photo from Geograph. Discuss.

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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

Because of this, getting seed venture money, for example, becomes more feasible for many startup companies, particularly those in the technology industry. This setup is incredibly investor-friendly because investors may pick and choose whatever companies they want to invest in from the deal flow.

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Open Positions at the ATI

Austin Startup

The Austin Technology Incubator is hiring for these positions, so make sure to apply now. IT & Wireless Incubator “Assistant Director&#. ATI’s Wireless and IT incubators have supported an incredible slate of companies in the recent past – Calxeda , GameSalad , Spredfast , qcue and numerous others.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. I’m distinguishing these from incubators and accelerators.) For more on this, see The 9 Steps of Using Technology to Improve Investing in Private Companies.

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Snowflakes in the Valley: What Happens When 40 Nordic Entrepreneurs Visit Silicon Valley

ReadWriteStart

To my surprise, the ideas and technology behind that startups were not superior to the ones we have in Finland. The incubators and co-working spaces are on par with what we have. This makes for a more fluid deal flow, with more standardized and competitive terms, with more contacts and experience on top.