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

Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

1/ Consumer feels dry: I can’t prove this but simply based on how our deal flow has changed and frankly what is getting funded by the top institutional funds, consumer is increasingly harder to get right. So, what makes these types of startups both possible and hot today?

B2B 90

B2B North America Malaysia Warrant 90

The Startup Magazine

JULY 16, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. Yip Yap is a mobile communication company for kids! Yip Yap is a mobile communication company connecting kids safely to the people and content they love. Here is their story….

Startup 77

Startup Texas Angel Investor Mobile 77

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Mobile and social product experiences are making learning more affordable, efficient, engaging and effective. Mobile marketplaces. The ubiquity of mobile makes it quicker and cheaper to connect buyers and sellers. Online education. Hardware renaissance. Numerous innovations (e.g. Raspberry Pi, Arduino, etc.)

Vertical 153

Vertical B2B B2C Venture Capital 153

Business Plan Blog

AUGUST 6, 2013

Angel investor median deal sizes increased as valuations remained strong in the first quarter of 2013. The majority of deals went to healthcare, mobile and internet startups. 81% of deals were completed in angel groups’ home states. Angel Investor Valuations Remain Strong. All data thanks to CB Insights.

Pre-Money Valuation 49

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Groups Angel Investor Valuation 49

Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

We know the web and mobile internet have hit critical mass and embedded into our lives. We know private markets hold the key to 100x or even 1,000x multiples. We know global markets are open — today, for example, everyone in Malaysia could be a DAU for Zoom.

Seed Stage 108

Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 21, 2013

For example, since this particular operator has deep mobile knowledge, he could ‘trade’ that expertise for discussions with top CPG or retail execs. Now they’re the go-to people for those areas, leading to privileged deal flow and information.

Deal Flow 95

Deal Flow Reputation Government Restful 95

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. Highly entrepreneurial, well-educated, upwardly mobile?—?a Venture Capitalists and Family Offices from around the U.S.

Texas 50

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 50

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

“I would far rather give out my mobile phone number than my email address.” Marketing = deal flow = share of mind = start of future relationships. It now seems totally acceptable to email random people direct to their email boxes whether you know them or not. They just don’t do it. That would be pretty lame.

Email 314

Email Product Term Sheet Portfolio 314

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

It could be a good business to bootstrap the social/mobile edutainment business with. Another entrepreneur from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Darren Panag with Convep Mobilogy , pitched AppsAsia, a mobile platform for business apps on various mobile devices such as iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and so on.

Malaysia 114

Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral. 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. So we probed, ‘Oh, so you don’t need a qualified lead generation tool then?’ Her answer? ‘I

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 10, 2012

This entry in my "deal flow" journal records my first, inauspicious impressions of Twitter when I initially heard about it. Turning every mobile device into a payment acceptance platform - that's game changing. 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

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. 5 hours ago. 3 days ago.

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

These funds would regularly share deal flow with one another and could share the work in supporting founders and helping to push the company forward. Early seed funds and super-angels typically wrote $250-$500K checks, and rounds of $2–3M would be composed of 3–4 funds collaborating together along with a handful of angels.

Syndicate 267

Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

“All deals worth doing are so incredibly competitive. But that the work - in our case including mobilizing the whole firm - needs to be done every time to win the trust of the entrepreneur.” You're competing against other top tier VCs for your deal flow--as top founders look to get backed by top investors.

Non-Compete 97

Non-Compete Cofounder Cap Table Reputation 97

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Craig’s investment portfolio includes Graphic.ly , Klout , Postling, Mobile Roadie and MogoTix. Serbinski has since gone on to invest in a handful of stealth startups in the gaming, mobile and location arenas. Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 23, 2019

They tend to be the person that’s got way too much email to do on their mobile phone at the side of the room like an eighth grade dance. I want to create deal flow for years, not just today because man, that’s really hard. John Jantsch: In case it wasn’t obvious, I was being facetious.

Sales 58

Sales Conversion Social Media Networking 58

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

He’ll usually go first because oftentimes he receives a deal flow through a friend who’s already committed. We discuss Googles plan to pay more to Verizon in order to be on a higher speed connection and get its mobile content to users faster. Net neutrality (1:09:00).

Angel Investor 302

Angel Investor Cofounder Southern California .Net 302

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 1, 2017

For every new door it opened, every efficiency it created, there was a woman (or 20) who imagined something else she could build on that mobile ecosystem. Here’s the thing: We’ve seen or been approached by almost 1800 startups since we launched, so there’s clearly not an issue with deal flow.

IPO 75

IPO Cap Table NDA Vietnam 75

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. It provides users in emerging markets mobile access to their financial lives, who were previously typically not served by financial institutions.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60