Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

This is why we actually have one of the lowest # of investments/partner among all institutional seed funds, and have invested in developing a platform of resources to support founders around team building, product, customers acquisition, and capital planning. Belief #4: The Best Way to Spot Outliers is to be Thematic.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 1, 2013

I’m also a fan of focused investment strategies – they allow you to build expertise resulting in better investment decisions and better deal flows as entrepreneurs seek out your expertise. Having the same strategy as everyone else makes it hard to differentiate and generate outsize returns. This creates opportunity for us.

Silicon Valley 92

Silicon Valley eCommerce Deal Flow Valuation 92

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Homebuyer (Cincinnati, OH) Dan Green, CEO Homebuyer is a lead nurture system for mortgage lenders that reduces customer acquisition costs and increases per-loan profits. Investors connect with Techstars to gain access to quality deal flow.

Austin 62

Austin Curation Startup Dallas 62

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Angelrounds are their whole business, as online video was for YouTube.Whereas VCs who make angel investments mostly do it as a way togenerate deal flow for series A rounds. [ Sowhen investors stop trying to squeeze a little more out of theirexisting deals, theyll find theyre net ahead, because so manymore new deals appear.

Startup 93

Startup Valuation Non-Compete Deal Flow 93

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. They should have a list of competitors who might be interested in an acquisition or the plan could be to go public”.

Exit Strategy 167

Exit Strategy Balance Sheet Salary Startup 167

VC Cafe

APRIL 24, 2024

Big acquisitions could also provide much needed exits and return funds to investors. And big deals like Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard are setting a high bar, causing competitors like Sony, Netflix, Amazon, etc to think about their own IP catalog and potential acquisitions.

IP 135

IP Artificial Inteligence Early Stage IPO 135

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.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

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. And some of that may be exactly to hire this other person to do whatever, like acquisition, and fuel the growth that way. Edwin: The ROI?

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I’ll give the example of the acquisition of CardMunch by LinkedIn. ” Implications for investing: As a venture fund, if you’re in Silicon Valley you probably have ample deal flow to where you can focus on primarily investing in companies that are located here and still build an awesome portfolio.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 124

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I’ll give the example of the acquisition of CardMunch by LinkedIn. ” Implications for investing: As a venture fund, if you’re in Silicon Valley you probably have ample deal flow to where you can focus on primarily investing in companies that are located here and still build an awesome portfolio.

Silicon Valley 112

Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 112

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

The idea is to build a hit that would make the founder(s) an appealing and quick talent acquisition (sometimes referred to as an acq-hire). Flips, on the other hand, thrive on trends: what better time for an entrepreneur to create a startup than when valuations are up, investments are quick, exits are plenty and deal flow is increase?

Lean 144

Lean Startup Agile Coder 144

Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

However, when I read the announcement and saw that the acquisition price wasn''t disclosed, alarm bells started going off in my head. The board decided not to use an external valuation of Twilio''s common stock that had been done the month prior to the acquisition, but instead come up with their own valuation methodology.

Syndicate 28

Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley Common Stock 28