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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

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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How we can improve the odds of finding unicorns

Version One Ventures

There has been a lot of focus on B2C marketplaces, but there are still tremendous opportunities left in the B2B space. To reduce redundancy in deal flow, for instance, we collaborate online as much as possible with web apps like RelateIQ. B2B marketplaces. Manage your time wisely.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

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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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

B2B vs B2C) within the business model preference. . They exist as heuristics, but at the end of the day, deal flow trumps everything. In the battle for deal flow, the thesis is at the core of a fund’s value proposition. These firms also sometimes target startups that serve a specific kind of customer (e.g.