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