Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

One of the major calibration pieces for me was where to find deal flow. As a VC you want to feel like you have “proprietary sources” of deal flow. I sorted out pretty early that lawyers were a great source of deal flow. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow.

Early Stage 361

Early Stage Deal Flow Investment Bankers Technical Review 361

David Teten

MAY 29, 2019

Most private equity professionals fail to see even a majority of the potential deals flowing through their target markets, according to the latest research. Suggested background: Deal Origination Best Practices. Don’t be one of them! Speakers (to date): Dave Harvey, CEO, Harvey & Co LLC.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity LLC 60

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Data from OpenVC shows that VCs typically focus on 2 technology classes. Out of 125 funds in the database, 33 state they invest in 1 type of technology (e.g. software”); 43 invest in 2 types of technology (e.g., Real sees 80% of all seed deals in Canada. . Deep tech follows as a distant second with 57%. We think not. .

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

This is perhaps the most reliable source of information on angel investor groups across the world, and the software is used by most of the other angel organizations mentioned below for deal flow. It boasts 595 member-managed groups and VCs, 30,203 investors, and 2,900 new company applications a month. Keiretsu Forum.

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Angel Investor North America South America Accredited Investor 255

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Now as projects are developing, it is clear that blockchain technology is still in the early stages. US VC deal flow in healthcare hit an all-time high this year as we continue to refine our thesis on the space. There are some fundamental issues to be sorted out, including volatility, fiat-to-crypto on-ramps, and scaling.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review North America Seattle Deal Flow 124

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Market/technology acuity (patterns of success, domain expertise). Rolodex/deal flow (deal sourcing/ability to make connections for the portfolio). Early stage investing is not a spreadheet, quantitative driven exercise, nor is it about technology – it is a deal business and people drive the deals.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review Startup 332

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

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.).

Technical Review 153

Technical Review Software Review Illinois Due Diligence 153

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 years ago. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel.

Los Angeles 387

Los Angeles Intellectual Property LP Venture Capital 387

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

According to that report, over the past year the top 30 firms participated in 663 unique deals (almost a quarter of all deals) with amounting to almost $9 billion in investment. Healthcare was the number 2 sector for both the deal numbers and deal size.).

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Deal Flow Venture Capital Web Development Advertising 121

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

For example, we created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to our funnel. This tool serves to standardize & automate the process of collecting inbound deal flow. It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

For example, we created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to our funnel. This tool serves to standardize & automate the process of collecting inbound deal flow. It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

Haystack

JULY 12, 2019

Now that there are so many new companies started, so much money in the ecosystem, and new types of funds out there, deal velocity is increasing. To find signal in all the noise of that deal flow stream, “who” the source is certainly matters. But, then again, introductions can be a dime a dozen.

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Early Stage Deal Flow Technical Review Social Media 72

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Sure, there will 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. Most VCs see decreases in clean technology investment, medical devices and biopharmaceuticals, so tune your expectations accordingly.

Venture Capital 252

Venture Capital IPO Elevator Pitch Initial Public Offering 252

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $800 million dollars in over 800 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential.

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North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

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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Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 126

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . 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 120

View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Even though the good comes with the bad (with great power comes great responsibility ), I think it pays to be optimistic about the future and what technology and entrepreneurs will accomplish. I think the best companies enable incredibly positive things in the world.

Early Stage 120

Early Stage Florida Deal Flow Venture Capital 120

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

I am very happy to announce today a new program I’ve been working on designed to support women and diverse entrepreneurs, particularly those in the technology sector. The Marathon Foundation (TMF) is a business development network dedicated to entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow. competitiveness.

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

For technology vendors and models, see Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments. . A true industry luminary will help in deal flow & differentiation . Disadvantages. In-house, brand-name guru. In-house functional specialists.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2021

Let’s assume that you’re a reasonably well-connected person, you have a strong network of friends & colleagues who work in the technology sector and you have many friends who are investors either professionally or as individuals. Chances are you’ll see a lot of good deals. Don’t rush to do deals.

Angel Investor 301

Angel Investor Deal Flow Portfolio Forecast 301

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

But that’s where it gets interesting, because whether or not you could replicate Gust’s platform… It’s irrelevant: despite the award-winning platform and the technology under the hood, Gust’s primary advantage is NOT in our engineering, surprising though that may seem.

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Belarus Kazakhstan Portugal Accredited Investor 107

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

At the time, LA and Santa Clara were both the epicenter of the technology industry due to the significant overlap between the aerospace/military industry (Los Angeles) and the computing business (Silicon Valley). At the same time, the consumerization of the technology business made Silicon Valley the de facto capital of all things tech.

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Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. The classical economist response is that technological disruption also creates new jobs, e.g., “video game designer”. – Starship Technologies sells an autonomous robot-powered local delivery service. And of that 1%, less than 0.1%

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

Over the past month, Silicon Valley has been at the forefront of many conversations outside of the technology world. Unfortunately not for groundbreaking technology, but for rampant sexual harassment and predatory behavior. This tends to reinforce the lack of diversity in deal flow.

LP 65

LP Technical Review Silicon Valley Limited Partner 65

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. There are five key risks in any deal: Market, Product (a/k/a technology), Management, Business Model, and Capital.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

ithacaVC

MAY 24, 2014

Good perspective though I am favorably biased towards activity that I see “up here” Our deal flow is strong and constantly growing. In 2012, 85% of the venture capital invested in NYS went to start-ups in information technology and the creative and commercial service industries. It is actually better than ever.

New York 79

New York Venture Capital Technical Review New York City 79

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. Clint Korver, Partner at Ulu Ventures , remarked: “I’d compare this technology transformation as akin to what happened in public company investing. 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

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As a member of the selection committee on one of these local organizations, I use Angelsoft on the investor side to review business plans, deal flow, and help orchestrate presenters at monthly meetings of the local organization. You can then begin your application to one or more of these organizations right on the same screen.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor North America South America Accredited Investor 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $800 million dollars in over 800 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Last month the National Venture Capital Association released a survey which reflected investor’s optimism on high-risk startups, and gave every indication that VCs would continue to invest, particularly in IT, mobile, and cloud-based technologies. Startups will sustain domestic employment.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital India Startup 93

Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Silicon Valley is a very special place – the nucleus of high-growth, high technology entrepreneurship in the US, indeed, in the world. This is not to say that there is no competition for deals in Seattle, Boston, New York and elsewhere.) Why make it so difficult to move technology from universities to startups?

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Silicon Valley Southern California Tucson Seattle 107

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2020

It’s also the “ultimate innovation platform” because it connects the best technology startups with the world’s largest corporations. The Deal Flow Session. The model that’s worked consistently is the deal flow session. The company is known as the most active investor in Silicon Valley.

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Silicon Valley Deal Flow IP Curation 78

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Large companies were acquiring technology startups just to get in the game at the same absurd prices.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

To my surprise, the ideas and technology behind that startups were not superior to the ones we have in Finland. The most striking difference was to see a fully fleshed out capital market, where hobbyist and professional angels, superangels, top tier VCs and smaller firms compete for the more attractive deals.

Silicon Valley 156

Silicon Valley Finland Sweat Equity Entrepreneur 156

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. For more on this, see The 9 Steps of Using Technology to Improve Investing in Private Companies. – Go public.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

dedicated deal sourcers for every generalist investment professional. I’ve shown below a case study of the geographic diversification of the largest late-stage technology venture capital / growth equity investors. Leading Late-Stage Technology Investors’ Portfolio by Geography, 2001-1Q2010.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114