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

Venture Capital 127

Venture Capital San Francisco Deal Flow Atlanta 127

Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

We’ve heard this trope below, but the data does show it and in the last year, this is what I’ve observed — it’s easy to the pre-seed round, but then folks line up to pitch the best seed funds, but those seed funds are drowning in deal flow from the pre-seed funnel. Um… wow.

Seed Stage 60

Seed Stage San Francisco Ratchet Silicon Valley 60

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 Depends on who, and how, you ask.

Venture Capital 66

Venture Capital Deal Flow Atlanta Incubator 66

aweissman.com

JULY 31, 2007

Jul 31, 2007. I dont know Todd, but his post is a most welcome take written with a rare honesty and rich in both substance and fact: "Point of this rambling was that there are a 1000 reasons to say no to a deal, and only one reason to say yes. skip to main | skip to sidebar. aweissman.com. Maximizing the serendipity around you.

Venture Capital 20

Venture Capital LP Technical Review Deal Flow 20

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2013

All exits occurred between 1990 and 2007—the vast majority after 2000. After all, if the average VC fund barely returns investor capital, how could amateurish angels with more risk and worse deal flow possibly do better? Even so, AIPP is still easily the largest angel dataset. As it turns out, the conventional wisdom is wrong.

IRR 114

IRR Angel Investor Angel Groups Cofounder 114

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. Part 2 discussed the need for domain knowledge since merely “joining the right club deal&# will in no way determine success. This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs).

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor Cap Table Early Stage Deal Flow 152

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 10, 2012

My entry for Twitter, as recorded in early 2007. This entry in my "deal flow" journal records my first, inauspicious impressions of Twitter when I initially heard about it. “Seems niche. How many people want to tell everyone randomly what they’re doing and how many really want to look at it?” . -

Lean 53

Lean Jordan Deal Flow Artificial Inteligence 53

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

Given the craziness in the market at the seed stage and the lack of good Series A / Series B investment opportunities for a couple of years between 2007-2009, several of the institutional venture funds have tried to move ”downstream” to do more seed and angel stage deals. In my view, this is a temporary and unsustainable phenomenon.

Preferred Stock 125

Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2015

It’s also been fun – a great way to get close to new managers, build lasting personal relationships, and see deal flow for our Foundry Group investing activity. In April 2007, Lindel committed to be our largest investor in our first fund in 2007, taking 20% of the fund.

Later Stage 70

Later Stage Early Stage Advisory Board Deal Flow 70

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The funds with sophisticated non-venture center outbound origination programs were almost all able to raise funds equal or larger than their preceding fund in the economically challenging period 2007-2010. They are typically among the top quartile performers.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

VC Adventure

DECEMBER 9, 2015

It’s also been fun – a great way to get close to new managers, build lasting personal relationships, and see deal flow for our Foundry Group investing activity. In April 2007, Lindel committed to be our largest investor in our first fund in 2007, taking 20% of the fund.

Later Stage 48

Later Stage Early Stage Advisory Board Deal Flow 48

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

If you’re reading this you’ll now likely know that I became a VC in 2007 with what is now called Upfront Ventures. But returns are partly a function of whether one can get access to great deal flow. Wondering how far we could have taken things. And in awe of those that got to a level higher than we got.

LP 150

LP Technical Review Deal Flow 150

VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

Only 60% of respondents claimed deal flow activity will increase, in comparison to 72% in previous quarter. there was a significant increase in optimism pertaining to Israel embarking on its first IPO on the NASDAQ since July, 2007 (Voltaire). 77% of venture capitalists believe the gap is in Seed and First Round.

Mezzanine 92

Mezzanine Venture Capital IPO 92