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…

Here’s a little digression, but interesting nevertheless. It has been over 5 years since the financial crisis struck. Reduced banking regulation (since early 1980s) was certainly a big part…

Private equity investors and lending banks are fond of subscription businesses because they provide more “stable and predictable” cash flow. I once worked on a buyout deal where the…

The holidays are upon us which may involve awkward conversations with relatives who have completely different perspectives on life, politics, and business. If you are reading this, chances are…

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…

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…

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…

UPDATE as of 7 Dec 2013: the newsfeed as described below is now live, replacing the old dashboard. This week we are going to release a redesign of the dashboard.

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…