Tag: Internet startups

Naturally many people asked us how last week’s launch went. So here are some initial stats. Since Wednesday 23 October we saw 1,624 unique visitors, spending on average 4:47 minutes and viewing 5 pages per visit. Over 400 new “additions” were made: new companies created, ownership relationships established, teams expanded. The number of companies being tracked…

Are you a startup using Dealroom for fundraising? Then this article has some basic but important points about how to use Dealroom to your advantage. Make sure your company profile looks complete: include every management team member, add other people involved such as advisors and mentors. Also list all your existing investors. If any of…

Here are some statistics that I think are interesting about what investors on Dealroom are looking for in terms of growth stage, sector, and revenue model. The below chart compares investor preferences with the actual companies which are listed on our website. So for example, 91 funds have specified on Dealroom that they are interested…

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…

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…