David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Among the sites we have found most helpful with practical guides for founders: Biztree , First Search , Foundersuite , Goodwin Founders Workbench , Guides.co , Inc.com , and StartupRocket. . The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

Broaden Search for New Fund Relationships : Most of these institutional LPs only add a few new fund relationships a year. This tends to reinforce the lack of diversity in deal flow. Often these are referrals from existing fund managers.

LP 65

LP Technical Review Silicon Valley Limited Partner 65

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. But being proactive goes beyond just speed. Habit #2 – Begin with the end in mind.

Venture Capital 184

Venture Capital Deal Flow Silicon Valley Portfolio 184

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.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

People often ask me for advice on fundraising, generating deal flow, hiring, increasing visibility , triathlons, babies, etc.--a Apparently, this doesn’t just happen in cartoons. a really wide range of stuff. This post isn’t meant as a criticism of anyone for doing so. At that point, I’m going to be way more excited to engage.

Deal Flow 97

Deal Flow Video Hosting Channel 97

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

On DealMarket , users can search for deals (direct or secondary investments), benchmark and compare current and past deal flow, and even meet the right people to help facilitate the deal process. For example, a high priority is that we want it to be straightforward and genuinely simple to use.&#.

Private Equity 150

Private Equity Equity Switzerland Deal Flow 150

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The Assistant Director will manage the deal flow process and lead our due diligence efforts to admit new members. The positions will be posted at www.utexas.edu/jobs and please search with job posting number 110217029109 for the IT & Wireless role and 110217019109 for the On Campus role.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Intellectual Property Incubator Due Diligence 70

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

They’re too busy awkwardly trying to explain their overdue search for a new “diverse” partner and why it took until 2020 to realize that a fund full of white people was a problem. That’s why I share my deal flow with them free of any additional fees and carry. That’s also why we do educational classes on VC best practices.

LP 136

LP Technical Review Software Review Valuation 136

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. Coalesce address the more general problem of searching through large data sets for best fits. 4) Manage deal flow.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Gust

AUGUST 27, 2014

Benefits of joining a group include pooling deal flow, capital, domain expertise, and investing experience. Most groups run regular education sessions for new members, and provide mentoring for less experienced investors by those with many deals under their belt.

Angel Investor 133

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Angel Groups Syndicate 133

Gust

JULY 19, 2014

I’d suggest that you browse through the Gust investor search engine for investment groups (and accelerators, incubators, business plan competitions, et al) that are relevant to your startup (by location, industry, type of organization, etc.), and read their detailed profiles to see if they would be a good match for your venture.

Angel Groups 142

Angel Groups New York Deal Flow Incubator 142

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

And SEO juice of sites with no value makes searching for real product feedback suck. My blog and what it’s done for my deal flow. - - Gdgt (l ed by Spark, True Ventures ) – Love the idea. People spent a ton of time researching which gadgets to buy. sites still dominate. Burstly ( Led by … me! - and much more.

Venture Capital 232

Venture Capital IPO Valuation Deal Flow 232

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The best introductions come from people who have brought good deal flows to investors in the past. Just like in the job search, generic emails that could be sent to anyone are ineffective. Identify the strongest “in” to the particular investor. This often means not jumping on the first person who can introduce you.

Due Diligence 161

Due Diligence Venture Capital Deal Flow Social Media 161

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 28, 2011

You also make it obvious why an investor should be interested when you're referenced by a trusted colleague or simply a Google search that turns up your site. This becomes more important as deal-flow gets more and more competitive and investors try to proactively discover these startups.

Stealth 126

Stealth Deal Flow Reputation Lean 126

Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

  Groups of investors usually cannot afford to try this kind of stuff; their deal flow dries up.    Groups of investors usually cannot afford to try this kind of stuff; their deal flow dries up.  " Search. But, if neither of these facts apply, be very cautious.  Enter your Email.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Offshore Warrant Angel Investor 60

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. Look for a Strong Team.

Exit Strategy 167

Exit Strategy Balance Sheet Salary Startup 167

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.

Incubator 128

Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2013

With all that said, the data is definitely weaker here than, say, the data Identified (ff VC company) uses to gamify your job search. After all, if the average VC fund barely returns investor capital, how could amateurish angels with more risk and worse deal flow possibly do better?

IRR 114

IRR Angel Investor Angel Groups Cofounder 114

ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Michael has almost 90,000 free users and is looking for a way to be in the deal flow of people looking for business plan software. That customer is typically searching on Google, and Michael needs to orchestrate his SEO, blogging, and guerrilla p.r. efforts to get them.

Affiliate 130

Affiliate San Francisco Entrepreneur India 130

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world.

North America 337

North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

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”. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

I've not studied them yet, but at first glance I can see some really slick technologies being transferred into a Newco with these basic terms, and funding a lot more deal flow. it is one of pdf search engines (for example [link]. This is great.simplified funding/founders docs out of the box. Bloom Energy get out of the way!

Finance 40

Finance Term Sheet Vesting LLC 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 21, 2006

The investor does not want to be critical, is concerned he may be incorrect, and worries about protecting his reputation-based deal flow. The investor does not want to be critical, is concerned he may be incorrect, and worries about protecting his reputation-based deal flow. Signup for email updates. Enter your Email.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Warrant Angel Investor Deal Flow 60

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world.

North America 289

North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

VC Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2023

I searched for internships that would allow me to explore generative AI. One firm that stood out during this search was Remagine Ventures. I learned that ultimately, greatventure capital firms have a powerful reputation which leads to differentiated deal flow.

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Venture Capital ChatGPT 78

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Edwin: I do get a lot of searches for that, by the way. 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. They’ve got some small seed stuff. You know what I mean? That kind of an offer.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

I used to think that—that you could concede and negotiate in the search for common ground around values. I know I get deal flow because founders want an investor who is going to be direct and tell them what they think—about anything. In fact, I know it has.

Arkansas 97

Arkansas Limited Partner Cofounder Algorithm 97

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Just do a search online and the VC’s job is done! We have such a deluge of inbound deal flow via our network that we are not investing a lot of energy seeking out additional companies to filter. But in practice, these phenomena create a tremendous volume of startups, which investors then have to filter.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

EcoMom Makes a Breakthrough in its Search for Funding. I believe AngelList is capable of managing deal flow by acting as a filter. I personally like meeting teams very early on and wish I could get more proprietary deal flow from it. My Personal Take on AngelList.

Valuation 292

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 23, 2019

They’re really searching and looking for someone to show them a way that is palatable, maybe even enjoyable, versus some seven step process that has them sending out cold, LinkedIn invites right after somebody connects with them – which is everyone’s favorite thing in the world to receive. When you do, it’s beautiful.

Sales 58

Sales Conversion Social Media Networking 58

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Deal Flow Of course the question of how to choose startups presumes youhave startups to choose between. But once you prove yourself as a goodinvestor, the deal flow, as they call it, will increase rapidly inboth quality and quantity. All the search engines are trying toget people to start calling them "portals" instead.

Angel Investor 63

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Dilution 63

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

When you get a Chris Sacca, or a Dave Morin, or a Chris Dixon on board first, it’s going to lead to a lot of deal flow.&# “We are always looking for new companies that fit in our themes … go to www.foundrygroup.com and search on ‘theme,’&# explains Feld.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80