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- Akshat B.
- October 5, 2023
Unlike taxes, risks are something you can evade but not entirely avoid. That’s particularly relevant in venture capital...
- Akshat B.
- September 25, 2023
If you’re trying to raise funds for your venture capital firm, you’ve got to look at it as more than a transactional...
- Akshat B.
- May 16, 2023
Venture capital (VC) funds play a critical role in the startup ecosystem by providing capital and expertise to...
- Mikko Pirinen
- May 5, 2023
Having talked to a few hundred VC and PE funds over a period of two years, we decided it’s time to share some of the...
- Akshat B.
- April 11, 2023
Sound investment decisions are always backed up by thorough data analysis. Access to reliable market data is crucial...
- Akshat Biyani
- February 13, 2023
Finding the right deals is arguably the most important skill a VC is expected to learn and hone while working in the...
- Akshat Biyani
- February 13, 2023
Investing funds in startups and founders is a long game for VC firms. From finding and finalizing deals to actively...
- Akshat Biyani
- February 13, 2023
Negotiation is one of the most critical parts of any private capital markets deal. Contrary to what most venture...
- Akshat Biyani
- February 13, 2023
Identifying genuine entrepreneurial talent is a rare and considerable skill. VCs need to be able to spot revolutionary...
- Akshat Biyani
- February 13, 2023
Failure is an inevitable risk in every business venture. Capital markets are especially susceptible to risks that can...
- Akshat Biyani
- February 13, 2023
VC firms often face the dilemma of coming across promising deals with two or more startups competing in the same...
- Akshat Biyani
- February 13, 2023
According to a report by the tech research firm Gartner, worldwide IT spending is expected to increase by more than 5%...
- Akshat Biyani
- November 17, 2022
When it comes to making investments, there is no standard formula for success. All an investor or firm can do is gauge...
- Akshat Biyani
- November 17, 2022
Deal sourcing can be tricky! But when the success of your venture capital firm depends on the quality of deals you...
- Akshat Biyani
- November 17, 2022
Venture capital firms invested a record $329 billion in US companies in 2021. Despite the economic slowdown caused by...
- Akshat Biyani
- November 17, 2022
Approximately 80% of all VC returns come from 20% of the deals. This underscores the importance of separating the wheat...
- Akshat Biyani
- November 17, 2022
Mono channel VC deal flows often become stagnant and ineffective after a point. Only acquiring certain types of deals...
- Akshat Biyani
- November 17, 2022
Venture capital success is directly correlated to the quality of deal flow that the firm is exposed to. So to...
- Akshat Biyani
- November 17, 2022
Almost all venture capital firms strive to serve one broad purpose - bridging the gap between funding sources and...
- Akshat Biyani
- November 17, 2022
In the venture capital industry, deals are made after embarking on comprehensive sourcing, screening, and diligence...
- Akshat Biyani
- November 17, 2022
Venture capital deal flow is the sum of several moving parts, all of which work in tandem to create one smooth deal...
- Akshat Biyani
- November 17, 2022
“I'll say this: I can't think of one instance in my 20 years in venture capital in which I have wanted to sell a...
- Akshat Biyani
- November 17, 2022
Most of your deal flow is not going to make the cut. The numbers speak for themselves: VCs tend to invest in only 1% of...
- Akshat Biyani
- October 25, 2022
For venture capital funds, front-office solutions (like Zapflow!) are specifically designed to streamline and optimize...
- Akshat Biyani
- October 18, 2022
Deal flow and deal sourcing is the first stage of the VC funnel. Your success as a VC depends entirely on the kind of...
- Akshat Biyani
- October 11, 2022
According to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) that came into effect in 2018, any company that fails to...
- Akshat Biyani
- October 4, 2022
Been struggling with identifying investment opportunities? Even after you identify a promising startup that fits your...
- Akshat Biyani
- September 27, 2022
Contrary to popular belief, venture capital is not a game of averages or compounding returns. If you want to achieve...
- Akshat Biyani
- September 20, 2022
As the world economy undergoes a sea change, it is crucial for investors to be up to date with the latest industry...
- Akshat Biyani
- September 15, 2022
It is no surprise that amidst continuing supply chain disruptions and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there have been...
- Akshat Biyani
- September 13, 2022
A common expansion strategy for businesses and private equity firms alike is to make acquisitions. Businesses gain...
- Akshat Biyani
- September 5, 2022
While venture capital funding has been slowly rising in the US over the last fifteen years, the year 2021 witnessed...
- Mikko Pirinen
- June 22, 2022
When Angels and Venture Capitalists look to invest in early-stage companies, they are taking a huge risk in the hopes...
- Mikko Pirinen
- June 22, 2022
Having talked to a few hundred VC and PE funds over a period of two years, we decided it’s time to share some of the...
- Akshat Biyani
- June 22, 2022
Plenty has been written on venture capital (VC), private equity (PE) and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) as subsets of the...
- Mikko Pirinen
- June 22, 2022
The GDPR, or the General Data Protection Regulation, is a new EU data privacy law that comes into force on 25 May 2018....
- Mikko Pirinen
- June 22, 2022
We all know data entry sucks even when there’s so much to gain by meticulous data collection from multiple sources...
- Mikko Pirinen
- June 22, 2022
Let’s face it: You want to see many cases to gain insight and to not miss any opportunities. You also want to zap (zap,...
- Mikko Pirinen
- June 22, 2022
If the worldwide business ecosystem was an ocean, then startups would be oysters. Oysters, that are trying to attract...
- Mikko Pirinen
- June 22, 2022
As a finance pro, you are used to working with numbers and always tell the CEOs to have their numbers right. You...
- Julia Lehto
- June 22, 2022
The race for funding is challenging. Limited Partners, sometimes also called silent partners, participate with a...
- Oksana Mitchell
- June 22, 2022
The ways in which we have grown accustomed to networking may never change. However, with digitization peeking around...
- Julia Lehto
- June 22, 2022
Longing for new investment opportunity data without data entry? Investment professionals can capture vital non-public...
- Akshat Biyani
- June 22, 2022
The pandemic presented unprecedented challenges, and like many other industries, the private equity industry was not...
- Akshat Biyani
- June 22, 2022
The core component of any successful private equity or venture capital firm is the quality deal flow it receives.
- Akshat Biyani
- June 22, 2022
Last year, we saw a record-breaking number of new start-ups and all-time high VC funding. US VC-backed companies raised...
- Akshat Biyani
- June 22, 2022
PE firms in the US invested more than $1.2 trillion in 2021, a 64% increase from the previous record set in 2019. The...
- Mikko Pirinen
- June 22, 2022
How did the story of Zapflow begin? It all started when I ran the M&A and equity investments of a firm with 80+...