Tag: Accelerator
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Venture capital vs. public stock markets
The following chart should be familiar to most of the audience by now. It shows that venture capital performance on a whole has been abysmal. There are notable exceptions of course. Some VC investors have superb track-records over a long period. And at any given time, a number of VCs are clearly “on a roll” in…
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The numbers game in the Venture Capital industry
Most venture capital firms typically employ a “deal funnel” that more or less looks as follows (see image below). Basically, VCs are trying to maximise the number of potential investment opportunities to select from. They do this by contacting and meeting as many firms as possible, and during their weekly committee meeting filter out the…
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Welcome to the new wp.dealroom.dev
For almost 10 years, I experienced first-hand the challenges in corporate finance intermediation that many of you will readily identify with. Much time is spent (and often wasted) on fishing for information, cold-calling, et cetera even when there’s not a good fit, or when it is not the right timing for the entrepreneur. Scouting for…