Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

It hosts an environment which many other communities have attempted to emulate, although they haven’t and won’t. Many other communities are entrepreneur-friendly and, by any measure, have the tools in place to spawn new high growth companies. The Valley has been a unique place for over half a century.

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Silicon Valley Southern California Tucson Seattle 107

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

I’ll also continue to work within the NYC tech community—now thriving at a level I could hardly have imagined when I first got the pitch deck for USV’s first fund as a Limited Partner at the GM pension fund. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund. This is how Fred Wilson described me back in 2010.

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Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Are investors allowed to come into deals that the fund does side by side with the fund? This creates a source of deal flow for investors who aren’t out there full time creating opportunities. In fact, those deals are actually set up as mini-funds. Access to the partner. Access to other investors.

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Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Deal Flow 134

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you start a new fund, you need to be clearly differentiated: what’s your unique insight into a specific opportunity, your unique network that generates deal flow, your unique value proposition that gets you into deals? Too many funds are still pitching themes that aren’t fresh (e.g. generalist focus, operator background).

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LP Differentiation Deal Flow India 73

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I could never have imagined going from a 25-year-old analyst at an institutional investor to seeing what I’ve seen and being a part of this community. I built communities, ran 100’s of events, and met thousands and thousands of amazing people along the way. Despite that part, I have had a charmed professional life.

LP 136

LP Technical Review Software Review Valuation 136

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2020

As for the output: you’re becoming customers of startups, you’re co-developing ideas, you’re investing, and you’re acquiring with the startup community. The Deal Flow Session. The model that’s worked consistently is the deal flow session. That’s all great in theory,” I told Will.

Silicon Valley 78

Silicon Valley Deal Flow IP Curation 78

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

– Encourage founders to turn to other founders and their broader community as resources, not just the VC’s own staff. The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. This evolves the VC from a server to a router.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). High Road Capital Partners Deal Sourcing Keynote. Question : What portion of your deal flow is proprietary?

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Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

In contrast with a startup such as Kiva, the drive to fix real problems, make and impact and give to the community makes traditional business feel vain, and startups all the more inspiring. This makes for a more fluid deal flow, with more standardized and competitive terms, with more contacts and experience on top.

Silicon Valley 156

Silicon Valley Finland Sweat Equity Entrepreneur 156

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

ATI has served the entrepreneur community for over twenty years and focuses on the IT, Wireless, Clean Energy and Bioscience verticals. The Assistant Director will manage the deal flow process and lead our due diligence efforts to admit new members.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Intellectual Property Incubator Due Diligence 70

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

If you are interested in impact investing, I encourage you to join the Impact Finance Center (IFC) and presenting funders The Anschutz Foundation, Zoma Foundation, The MacArthur Foundation , Colorado Health Foundation , and Gary Community Investments at CO Impact Days 2017 , Nov 15-17, in Denver, Colorado. Register as an Investor: [link].

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Colorado Denver Seattle Cofounder 123

David Cohen

JUNE 18, 2022

So the freedom we’re seeking often ends up as a dream deferred because we don’t have access to any of the stages of capital required to grow and scale, and we don’t have a seat at mainstream tables where deals flow.

Kansas City 136

Kansas City Kansas Equity Deal Flow 136

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

Resistor is a bit under the radar as a very cool community—and so being associated with it was a signal that I could have only known about if, again, I spent all of my efforts as a seed investor turning over every rock looking for opportunity. They can help filter who these organizations should be focusing their time in supporting.

Prospectus 124

Prospectus Startup .Net Deal Flow 124

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. 4) Manage deal flow. to motivate their angel community to support their startups.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. All of these findings inspired the team to move forward with a more robust storytelling app for the Chicago community and schedule a release in spring of 2019.

Chicago 147

Chicago Illinois New York City Cofounder 147

The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 24, 2014

It’s a great way for us to meet with lots of founders, improve our deal flow and hopefully give a little back to teh community. Every month we run an open office hours. Many other VCs do something similar. Most entrepreneurs come here to pitch us.

Deal Flow 120

Deal Flow Community Founder Partner 120

David Teten

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I took this as a challenge, and brainstormed a list of ideas on how universities can do more to engage their alumni community. This helps create diversified deal flow and closed investments. Build and manage active alumni online communities, not just a simple alumni database. Use advocate management software (e.g.,

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Database Florida America 60

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

We are trying hard to live up to the guidelines we laid out for our investors, our portfolio companies and our community. He is already increasing our deal flow in key areas in “the quantified self” and digital media and begun working operationally with existing companies.

Ireland 324

Ireland Jordan Portfolio Flash 324

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I find that one of my best sources of deal flow is from lawyers. He’s totally tapped into the startup communities in Silicon Valley and a bit in LA. So you can become friends with these people just like NORMAL people and, don’t worry, you’re not going to get a bill for having a beer with them.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

Austin Startup

JUNE 5, 2018

As a lawyer I had been discovering France’s tech ecosystem and deal flow to see how technology commercialization works in France?—?with The French Tech Austin team of volunteers is led by Christophe Daguet, who has done a tremendous job building a cohesive, energized community to support that mission.

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France Technical Review Texas Austin 48

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I’ve backed multiple Black founders and entrepreneurs from the LGBTQ community and so I’ve seen a very wide mix of founders pitch, get funded and get passed on. This is lazy, sexist, and racist—and also stupid because it has no provable impact on deal flow quality. So how come the numbers are so skewed in favor of white men?

Venture Capital 162

Venture Capital Cofounder Deal Flow Later Stage 162

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

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

City governments connect with local entrepreneurs, corporations, and community leaders to grow and sustain a vibrant startup economy. Investors connect with Techstars to gain access to quality deal flow. Large companies make connections with the best startups to future-proof their business.

Austin 62

Austin Curation Startup Dallas 62

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. Also, we are greatly encouraged by the early reception we are receiving from the investment community as well as encouraged by the general interest in robotic investments worldwide.

Texas 74

Texas Advisory Board Startup Angel Investor 74

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 28, 2011

Building a reputation and community in your target market. Building Reputation and Community in Target Market. We've talked in the past about different types of startup blogs on ReadWriteStart but the key point here is you can start blogging to build an early community. Leveraging Product Feedback Earlier.

Stealth 126

Stealth Deal Flow Reputation Lean 126

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. Online startup communities, such as Go Big Network and Fundingpost , also make it possible for investors to search for new opportunities.

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Exit Strategy Balance Sheet Salary Startup 167

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Ted: Great service to the startup community! It will be immensely helpful in those jurisdictions which lack sophisticated, VC-oriented legal communities, such as Colorado and most of the West (other than California and Washington of course) and where seed rounds are substantially smaller. As a community we can achieve a lot.

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Finance Term Sheet Vesting LLC 40

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

You should come along for the ride if you are interested in investing more in Texas technology and disruptive commerce companies and want to develop relationships with local investors who can be your deal flow. Venture Capitalists and Family Offices from around the U.S. and around the world.

Texas 50

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 50

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I like to meet people like this because in an hour I get catch up on everything going on in the startup community. Marketing = deal flow = share of mind = start of future relationships. I met for coffee with one of my favorite “startup advisors” in LA. They become my eyes and ears. And I theirs.

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Email Product Term Sheet Portfolio 314

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. Kushim manages your deal flow and track portfolio performance. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Hippoland

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

I want to try to connect relevant entrepreneurs with new investors and help new investors get more qualified deal flow and exposure. About Pocket (from the SoGal website): Pocket Sun founded SoGal, one of world’s largest communities of diverse entrepreneurs with 10 chapters worldwide.

Southern California 48

Southern California Los Angeles Seed Stage Asia 48

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. During this week's roundtable, we had three startups presenting.

Incubator 128

Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

Rob Go

DECEMBER 13, 2016

” Surprisingly, this isn’t just an LP kind of question, I actually get this a lot from founders or even just friends who are not directly involved in the startup community. The stock answer from most investors is that they get most of their deal flow from referrals.

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Deal Flow LP Channel Software 28

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

City governments connect with local entrepreneurs, corporations, and community leaders to grow and sustain a vibrant startup economy. Investors connect with Techstars to gain access to quality deal flow. Large companies make connections with the best startups to future-proof their business.

Austin 48

Austin Management Los Angeles New York City 48

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

Last up, Alvin Yuen from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pitched Techsailor , a services company that provides online community engagement to major brands. We're here to supplement your efforts and provide a base level of entrepreneurship education to a large number of entrepreneurs in your communities in a scalable manner through a virtual program.

Malaysia 114

Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. This group claims to be the largest angel investment community in the world. A caveat is that this is a for-profit organization, so fees to present may be significant. USA Angel Investment Network.

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North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I also find this as an invaluable source of future deal flow, future recruiting and future decisions about whom I want to co-invest with. Having a relationship with investor groups that don’t have a board seat helps keep relationships strong with the investment community.

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Cofounder Conversion Management Founder 251