Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The Assistant Director will manage the deal flow process and lead our due diligence efforts to admit new members. The current portfolio ranges from 60 Ghz chip sets (Nitero) to enterprise 2.0 ( InXero ) to family media ( Famigo ) companies.

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David Cohen

JUNE 18, 2022

A client of mine didn’t just call me excited when she met her revenue goals, she called me after, from the doctor where she had just paid her child’s dental bill. You scale this idea and this is directly going to impact the opportunity gap in education. Access to Quality Healthcare.

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Kansas City Kansas Equity Deal Flow 136

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

As dollars flowed into the industry, cooperation was replaced by competition, to the detriment of deal flow, due diligence, ability to add value and, of course, returns. CIVC had a number of highly successful non-technology investments made in the late 1970’s timeframe, such as: LB Foster: Repurposed old train tracks.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

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.

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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.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. We have been revenue positive since day one. We have been fortunate to have a business model that made us revenue positive from day one. We are product focused from day one.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

In two cases, these businesses were doing significant early revenue ($500K/month+), so could be considered “post-seed”, although both of these companies had not raised significant institutional capital before we led their rounds. Great returns in early stage investing is driven by great deal flow and good picking.

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

As for the percent of my deal flow that is BIPOC, I would say maybe about 20% or so, but I’m honestly not sure, since I don’t intentionally look up any photos as part of the initial pitch process and not everyone includes them. This is lazy, sexist, and racist—and also stupid because it has no provable impact on deal flow quality.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Deal Flow Later Stage 162

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2011

A group such as LinkedIn’s Deal Flow Network has over 11,000 members and provides a simple way for investors to share tips about strategies and upcoming opportunities. Launching a business often involves dips in revenue, and a startup will only survive if it can manage expenses during this fragile time.

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Exit Strategy Balance Sheet Salary Startup 167

ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

The 1M/1M affiliate program will create additional revenues for some, and for some, this could be their first decent revenue option. Michael has almost 90,000 free users and is looking for a way to be in the deal flow of people looking for business plan software. efforts to get them.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 24, 2024

As this transmission plays out, it unlocks new revenue streams and increases the strategic value of gaming IP. billion was deployed into early-stage gaming deals in a single quarter (much attributed to Covid lockdowns etc). Can Big Exits Reopen the Floodgates?

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IP Artificial Inteligence Early Stage IPO 158

ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

On July 1, 2006, commenting on the Indian startup scenario, I had written a blog post called Too Much Money, Too Few Deals. Today, the Indian scenario has improved greatly, but still the issue of lack of a mature deal flow remains. An ad-supported network, the company has achieved over $1 million in revenue and is profitable.

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Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

Also, the business is primarily on CD-ROMs right now, but the good news is that the CD-ROM product is selling and generating revenue. The good news, again, is that this business is generating revenues. This is also a business that has substantial revenue, which is wonderful.

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Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

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.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

www.gabrielweinberg.com

AUGUST 28, 2012

Get an edge (lower valuations, better deal flow, etc.) It also means practically that you see a logical path to $3-5M in revenue. On the angel side it is being willing to jump pre-revenue and even pre-launch. Spread out over a number of years (since historically some years do much better than others for macro reasons).

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Valuation Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor 54

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Vetting deal flow is part of the job. Your network never signed up to do your outsourced job for you. If you can't handle the cold inbound, hire some help. If you can't afford it, then your firm model is broken and you should get out of the business. Maybe, but there's very little objective way to fish that out.

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Founder Conversion Naming Term Sheet 100

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

1,983% boost in annual revenue, 1,000% user base growth within six months with no upfront costs. increased revenue. 80-20 rule says that a few of your partners provide most of the revenue. Now comes the million-dollar question: How do you keep bringing in partner influenced revenue when so much is out of. your control?

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Channel Partner Programming B2B 84

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

1,983% boost in annual revenue, 1,000% user base growth within six months with no upfront costs. increased revenue. 80-20 rule says that a few of your partners provide most of the revenue. Now comes the million-dollar question: How do you keep bringing in partner influenced revenue when so much is out of. your control?

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Channel Partner Programming B2B 77

Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2018

When founders get told to “come back when you have X customer or N revenue”, sure some of them will, but probably not the ones you’d really want to invest in. 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.

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Founder Early Stage Software Review Deal Flow 75

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. An intrapreneur is the extreme; usually an intrapreneur’s employer owns 100% of the new business that she creates.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

And so professional angels that have access to real deal flow? ” So people who are great and have good deal flow have the ability to not have to take as much risk. How do you split revenue? And then the final thing is just getting the revenue up. Jason: A lot of things are solved with revenue.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 31, 2012

They seldom ask how much revenue the company has or if it is profitable. We are a cash flow positive company. We have recurring revenues and no debt. Incubators take pride in how exclusive they are and how many "deals" they "reject." Angels and VCs, of course, discard most of their "deal flow."

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Take two companies doing the same thing, having similar technology and I’ll bet that the company that’s located in the Valley will be 10x the size, or 10x the revenue, or whatever other success-metric you want to apply. It’s a simple density/deal flow issue. The Valley has a 10x multiplier to anything you do.

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Take two companies doing the same thing, having similar technology and I’ll bet that the company that’s located in the Valley will be 10x the size, or 10x the revenue, or whatever other success-metric you want to apply. It’s a simple density/deal flow issue. The Valley has a 10x multiplier to anything you do.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 4, 2017

Recently I was fortunate enough to have raised a seed funding round from a fantastic group of investors for my pre-product, pre-revenue B2B SaaS startup here in Austin, Texas. Startup deal flow is the most important thing in an institutional investor’s life. Mark Cuban leads $1.5 Just move on. Remember that.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. Revenue-Based Finance and Flexible VC investors invest using “alternative VC” structures, as opposed to conventional preferred equity and convertible notes. The phrase is quite ambiguous.

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

He goes on to add, “Having revenue is even better, though not applicable to every startup … Passion, skill, vision and maturity really matter.&# When you get a Chris Sacca, or a Dave Morin, or a Chris Dixon on board first, it’s going to lead to a lot of deal flow.&# Just don’t call Feld on the phone.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 1, 2017

Here’s the thing: We’ve seen or been approached by almost 1800 startups since we launched, so there’s clearly not an issue with deal flow. His letter to shareholders that first year had a “buckle-up” message: We’re going for revenue growth and customer happiness, not near-term profits.

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IPO Cap Table NDA Vietnam 75

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In an article you wrote for Techcrunch in 2019 about Revenue Based Investing you mentioned that “ traditional equity VC is biased structurally against some women and underrepresented founders”. The results were more diverse inbound deal flow, and which we assessed using a neutral filter. Firm revenues. Why is that?

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