Tag: Venture capital
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Introducing: Tech.eu Radar “powered by dealroom”
We are extremely pleased to announce a far-reaching data partnership with Tech.eu, and excited to present you with Tech.eu Radar – an online tech database focused on Europe. We’ve always been huge fans of Tech.eu and are proud to be their partner. Tech.eu’s content matches perfectly with our database, which has grown rapidly driven by…
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Behind closed doors: investment platforms vs. proprietary dealflow
A year ago I wrote a post titled “Proprietary dealflow isn’t dead and for good reason”. But with the rapid emergence of online investment platforms, how much is left of the rationale for keeping an investment opportunity behind closed doors? Too many investors: the winner’s curse According to conventional wisdom, a hyper competitive auction-style…
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4 ways to sabotage your own fundraising process or exit
Fundraising or selling your company is neither an art nor a science. It is a fairly standardised process. But it is important to avoid some common mistakes and stick to a some simple rules that I summarise here. Many of them may seem obvious to you, but I see these mistakes repeated time after time. Don’t…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 &…
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Internship as Venture Capital Research Analyst at wp.dealroom.dev
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