Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

In the first 36 hours, mentions of the hub were viewed more than 42 million times on social media, and over 100,000 pages on the site were perused. From our inception we have been perfecting this process from the perspective of deal flow. News outlets from USA Today to Mashable to Brooklyn’s Technical.ly

Early Stage 133

Early Stage Technical Review New York Deal Flow 133

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

“We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. I use Hootsuite to coordinate my social media activity, which consists of Teten.com, PEVCTech.com , Linkedin , AngelList , and (passively) Twitter and Facebook.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Several VCs market close relationships with celebrities who can use their social media presence to promote their companies. 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.).

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! bit.ly , Federated Media, Get Satisfaction, The Fridge , inDinero , Posterous Posterous , StickyBits and Twilio. Kapor Capital’s expansive portfolio includes Bit.ly

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

This tends to reinforce the lack of diversity in deal flow. Or a male founder who can do the same, but prefers to stay off social media and recharge by spending time with his family? Broaden Search for New Fund Relationships : Most of these institutional LPs only add a few new fund relationships a year.

LP 65

LP Technical Review Silicon Valley Limited Partner 65

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Social media will continue to attract investment, as well as clean energy, nano technologies, and bio-pharma. VCs also indicated their optimism about the overall quality of the deal flow with high percentages from all countries surveyed indicating that quality would “remain the same&# or improve in their countries in 2011.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital India Startup 93

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Mamoon Ismail Khalid, Venture Associate at Quake Capital Partners in New York City, describes their deal sourcing approach as follows: “We use a new Web Interface to collect information from our applicants in a standardized manner. What tools to VCs use to manage their deal flow and internal processes?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

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. MCM Capital ( case study ) is a rare example of a lower middle-market private equity fund with a proactive social media strategy.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

DealMarket ( www.dealmarket.com ) is a new online one-stop shop that brings together private equity investors, deal providers and advisors where they can get an unfiltered view of the global private equity deal market. “It is based on our own extensive experience. DealMarket co-founders Alex Vukajlovic and Celine Fillistorf.

Private Equity 150

Private Equity Equity Switzerland Deal Flow 150

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. Usually, people who take this strategy are extremely social, go to tons of events, consume and retain information they read on social media, techcrunch, Medium, etc.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Due Diligence Deal Flow Early Stage 28

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

He’ll usually go first because oftentimes he receives a deal flow through a friend who’s already committed. Entrepreneurs should also use social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) Amongst the participants in a round it’s actually easiest to be the last person because all the terms have already been hammered out.

Angel Investor 302

Angel Investor Cofounder Southern California .Net 302

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media). 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

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 20, 2012

Today’s venture capital deal flow to innovative new companies looks a lot like a fat man trying to squeeze into a slim Italian suit. Today, venture capital deal flow has slowed to a relative trickle, just $28.4 It just doesn’t fit. In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2 Slimmer Pickings.

Venture Capital 127

Venture Capital San Francisco Deal Flow Atlanta 127

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The best introductions come from people who have brought good deal flows to investors in the past. Interact with the investor through social media: follow them on Twitter , read their blog and make thoughtful comments. Identify the strongest “in” to the particular investor.

Due Diligence 161

Due Diligence Venture Capital Deal Flow Social Media 161

The Startup Magazine

JULY 16, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. They built that product because they recognized the need, but it has been rejected by many parents, experts, and media because people are not comfortable with Facebook in their kid’s pocket.

Startup 77

Startup Texas Angel Investor Mobile 77

Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2018

Just as you look at deal flow as a funnel, a good CEO disqualifies and moves on. If you’re an associate then most of your work is on deal flow and analysis. Blog but be careful what and how much There are plenty of VCs whose blogs and social media posts I enjoy. A good CEO is likely a sales person by nature.

Founder 75

Founder Early Stage Software Review Deal Flow 75

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

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. For example, we created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to our funnel.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Nowadays, we can learn virtually everything about a company online, from its tagline to founder backgrounds, fundraising history, current investors, and social media traction. To reduce redundancy in deal flow, for instance, we collaborate online as much as possible with web apps like RelateIQ. Manage your time wisely.

Vertical 153

Vertical B2B B2C Venture Capital 153

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 20, 2012

Today’s venture capital deal flow to innovative new companies looks a lot like a fat man trying to squeeze into a slim Italian suit. Today, venture capital deal flow has slowed to a relative trickle, just $28.4 It just doesn’t fit. In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2

Venture Capital 66

Venture Capital Deal Flow Atlanta Incubator 66

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 23, 2019

John Jantsch: I think that’s one of the things that really is the promise of social media. It might be you social media touching. I want to create deal flow for years, not just today because man, that’s really hard. Be someone people want to talk to. That connectivity might be you in person.

Sales 58

Sales Conversion Social Media Networking 58

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 know I get deal flow because founders want an investor who is going to be direct and tell them what they think—about anything. In fact, I know it has.

Arkansas 97

Arkansas Limited Partner Cofounder Algorithm 97

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

Sure, that means exponentially opening up the flow of deals and going through a ton of deal flow. You can't just post to social media circles of people with the same skin color as you that you want to meet diverse founders in June.

Michigan 117

Michigan Deal Flow Accredited Investor Equity 117