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  • Service-as-a-Software (yes, the other way around)

    10 years in banking motivated us to rethink the corporate finance service model and the way it is best delivered. We like to call it: Service-as-a-Software (yes, the other way around, as this used to be a service that we deliver through software). Our platform allows founders to collaborate directly with tech funds on new investments,…

  • Are all those new/small VCs and LPs coming to the market causing new bubbles? We think the opposite is true

    This post is a response to two recent tweets from Semil Shah and Marc Andreessen. Semil Shah wonders if the number of small angel funds and first-time investors sprouting up could cause a bubble (with small b).  Marc Andreessen replied that there are “definitely too many new small angel funds”.  While it is true that many…

  • R.I.P. the investment banking pitch book

    Anyone who has worked in M&A at a bulge bracket investment bank for a while will have spent some of their blood, sweat and tears creating infamous pitch books. If you have ever seen a typical investment banking pitch book or worked on one, you will understand part of what we are building at Dealroom. Rich and…

  • Proprietary deal-flow isn’t dead and for good reason

    Recent talk on blogs and in VC circles have created a false impression that ‘the end is nigh’ for so called proprietary deal-flow. Venture capital could finally transform into an efficient market place (for a nice overview see Klinger). Why give a VC exclusivity over an investment opportunity, denying other potential investors to submit better terms, and…

  • The big shift in tech funding

    A recent post showed a seed capital breakdown by source. It suggested that personal savings, friends & family and loans are still the dominant sources of funding for seed capital, while VCs and angels still play relatively minor role here. So that was seed capital only, and showing the status quo rather than any trends. In…

  • Seed capital funding sources: personal savings, friends & family

    Last week Fundable came with a cool infographic about “Where startup funding really comes from” showing some interesting stats form the U.S.. Presumably the data is about seed capital and a “startup” is defined as a newly founded business (in any sector). The data is a helpful reminder that personal savings, loans, and friends &…

  • Some stats about last week’s launch

    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…

  • How to promote your fundraising campaign (for startups)

    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…

  • What tech investors are looking for these days

    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…

  • 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…