This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s very easy to get caught up in processing your day to day deal flow without leaving enough time to come up for air and do some research. Who she could convince to sit down with her would say something about her network and access. If you can’t, you need to train that muscle better and do some network-building.

Deal Flow 166

Deal Flow Networking Leadership Audience 166

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

A true industry luminary will help in deal flow & differentiation . These folks are rare, expensive, and often have multiple side obligations (book deals, speaking engagements, etc.). Sign up as a client for an expert network , and offer your companies access to their network. Extends network dramatically.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Sure, there will always some seed funding (10% of overall deal flow), but you can bet that this money goes to entrepreneurs who have been there before and won. Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal.

Venture Capital 252

Venture Capital IPO Elevator Pitch Initial Public Offering 252

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs, many of whom have not traditionally had access to these sources of capital. HBSAANY’s investment in VCAP© was inspired in part by the Harvard Business School U.S. competitiveness.

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Great returns in early stage investing is driven by great deal flow and good picking. You need to be immersed in the areas that you think are most exciting, deepen your networks within those areas, and be committed enough to your themes to be able to pick companies or founders that see things that others miss.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

A quick look at the really nice sites developed in just a few months by companies like CircleUp, FundersClub, Bolstr, Seedrs, et al will show you that the base technical challenge of creating a marketplace/social network is not particularly difficult.

Belarus 107

Belarus Kazakhstan Portugal Accredited Investor 107

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

That means they spend a lot less time actively seeking out new deals than they do responding to inbound deal flow. VCs therefore use whatever heuristics they can in order to triage the deal flow. One of the primary ones is the referral source. Gust takes advantage of the cloud, and you should, too.

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2021

Let’s assume that you’re a reasonably well-connected person, you have a strong network of friends & colleagues who work in the technology sector and you have many friends who are investors either professionally or as individuals. Chances are you’ll see a lot of good deals. Don’t rush to do deals.

Angel Investor 301

Angel Investor Deal Flow Portfolio Forecast 301

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As a member of the selection committee on one of these local organizations, I use Angelsoft on the investor side to review business plans, deal flow, and help orchestrate presenters at monthly meetings of the local organization. New England Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum. Marty Zwilling.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor North America South America Accredited Investor 120

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

– Create a franchise and license access to it , e.g., the Draper Venture Network. 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 is a clever way for Tim Draper to leverage his brand and experience. .

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

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.

LP 73

LP Differentiation Deal Flow India 73

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. It should help some entrepreneurs to better access early-stage capital and should allow some angel investors better access to deal flow. Angels have additional networks. Social proof can be helpful. Kind of obvious.

Syndicate 356

Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Early Stage 356

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

In Silicon Valley, given how tightly knit the ecosystem has become, and how well-networked entrepreneurs have learned to be, there is almost no such thing as “proprietary” deal flow. The top tier funds see almost all of the best deals. Furthermore, entrepreneurs don’t necessary build their businesses to be venture-funded.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2023

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Deal Flow : It’s easy to get envious of other VCs’ deals. Focus on building your own unique investment thesis and network. It’s your best defense against bad investments and your best tool for finding the hidden gems.

Venture Capital 78

Venture Capital Due Diligence Exit Strategy Deal Flow 78

VC Cafe

JULY 31, 2020

To be an effective VC, proactivity is part of the job description: Proactively learn about new companies trends and markets Proactively network (deal flow, peers, industry partners) Proactively seek opportunities to help. We spend too much time on quadrant III and IV: calls, interruptions, busy works, networking events.

Venture Capital 183

Venture Capital Deal Flow Silicon Valley Portfolio 183

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.

Portfolio 134

Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Deal Flow 134

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?

Private Equity 122

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If I hadn’t, I probably wouldn’t have been able to write about supporting the June protests , eliminating b t network barriers like warm intros , investing in diverse founders , and how fundraising favors white men. That’s why I share my deal flow with them free of any additional fees and carry.

LP 136

LP Technical Review Software Review Valuation 136

Steve Blank

AUGUST 12, 2013

Since he wasn’t from Silicon Valley, he decided to use his time up here networking with other meetings with VC’s and company executives. I now have a filter for which emails get my attention, so I was curious in hearing what Jason, who I think of as pretty good at networking, was asking for when he was trying to set up meetings. “Oh,

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley Deal Flow Customer Development Stock 335

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

I knew, because of my broad network, female and other minority founders would comprise a large percentage of the fund. This tends to reinforce the lack of diversity in deal flow. When I started my career, I never envisioned starting a fund. Often these are referrals from existing fund managers.

LP 65

LP Technical Review Silicon Valley Limited Partner 65

David Cohen

JUNE 18, 2022

That’s why, this Juneteenth, I’ve invited Makisha Boothe, Founder and Head Business Coach of Sistahbiz Global Network , a business accelerator for Black women entrepreneurs, to write this guest post which I invite you to help amplify. I wanted freedom.

Kansas City 136

Kansas City Kansas Equity Deal Flow 136

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The historic capital-raising process is driven by face-to-face networking and salesmanship. Some funds are using intermediaries to help them sell to retail LPs ( Artivest , iCapital Network ). Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. 4) Manage deal flow.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

I spend a good deal of time sharing deal flow up and downstream with Series A and B investors, and when they ask me about opportunities coming down the pipeline in 6-12 months, I usually share what I’ve been told from the founders themselves over email or phone — I become their subtle pitch man. That’s fine.

Early Stage 167

Early Stage Deal Flow Finance Metrics 167

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Here’s some common ways you can provide value to startups you invest in: Leverage Your Network. This also means you are likely to have a network of other successful people around you. The longer you have been in the startup game, the larger your network is likely to be, within the tech ecosystem itself. What could be improved?

Pre-Money Valuation 167

Pre-Money Valuation Seed Stage IP Deal Flow 167

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

This tendency to be more outspoken could also be seen in networking and pitching, where there was much less awkwardness than with Europeans. The most striking difference was to see a fully fleshed out capital market, where hobbyist and professional angels, superangels, top tier VCs and smaller firms compete for the more attractive deals.

Silicon Valley 156

Silicon Valley Finland Sweat Equity Entrepreneur 156

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

DealMarket ( www.dealmarket.com ) is a new online one-stop shop that brings together private equity investors, deal providers and advisors where they can get an unfiltered view of the global private equity deal market. “It is based on our own extensive experience. DealMarket co-founders Alex Vukajlovic and Celine Fillistorf.

Private Equity 150

Private Equity Equity Switzerland Deal Flow 150

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Opening up our circle to create and scale genuine engagement for people outside of typical venture networks is how we do business—and we’re getting exceptional deal flow because of that. Venture is all about access—getting the best deals. Contact me here to find out more about this.)

Venture Capital 94

Venture Capital Community Accredited Investor Deal Flow 94

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 8, 2018

#StartWithEight addresses the gender disparity in venture capital funding by asking participants to commit to taking eight meetings with women from outside their existing networks during the month of March. For many VCs, deal flow is extremely network driven and often our networks look a lot like us.

Deal Flow 70

Deal Flow Venture Capital Open Source Networking 70

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

If I was to guess, the demographics of people pitching me are reflective of two things—what my own network looks like and what my portfolio looks like. First is network bias. This is lazy, sexist, and racist—and also stupid because it has no provable impact on deal flow quality. It needs to end. Both things can be true.

Venture Capital 162

Venture Capital Cofounder Deal Flow Later Stage 162

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 16, 2011

It should stick in your head as a metaphor for networking. Increase your deal flow. 50 coffee meetings. For getting outside of your comfort zone. For starting relationships today that won’t pay off for a year. It’s the entrepreneur’s equivalent of “ 10,000 hours.&#. Are You a VC? 50 coffee meetings.

Dividend 410

Dividend Deal Flow Hiring Advertising 410

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It was all great fun and I hope it was helpful—and I couldn’t have done it without all the other investors and founders who answered my e-mails roping them into showing up to various office hours events, panels, and other networking events.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2018 and 2019, we connected together all four cities with staff, programming and a Texas-wide mentor network. that’s a full third of our deal flow in our first full year of operation. The money is flowing in Dallas too?—?our This includes the Houston mentor network that we have been developing with The Cannon.

Houston 86

Houston San Antonio Fort Worth Dallas 86

Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. On this dimension, most seed funds can’t even compete on network, brand, or the cost of capital. You lose way more than you win. You wait the longest for liquidity.

Seed Stage 108

Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Great returns in early stage investing is driven by great deal flow and good picking. You need to be immersed in the areas that you think are most exciting, deepen your networks within those areas, and be committed enough to your themes to be able to pick companies or founders that see things that others miss.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, announced the 10 startups selected for the 2020 class of Techstars Austin. ABOUT TECHSTARS: The Techstars Worldwide Network helps entrepreneurs succeed. Investors connect with Techstars to gain access to quality deal flow.

Austin 62

Austin Curation Startup Dallas 62

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2012

Founder network. They focus on specific business areas, have multiple deals running concurrently, understand deal flow, and usually have more current insights, connections, and resources. Successful serial entrepreneurs usually find it easier to raise money from venture capitalists.

IRR 248

IRR Term Sheet Startup Valuation 248

Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

  Tomorrow, you're going to close your first professional investment with "Fred," a wealthy individual you met at a networking event.    Groups of investors usually cannot afford to try this kind of stuff; their deal flow dries up.  Pick Your Investor With Care. The great day has arrived. 

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Offshore Warrant Angel Investor 60