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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Most venture capital firms typically employ a “deal funnel” that more or less looks as follows (see image below). Basically, VCs are trying to maximise…

For almost 10 years, I experienced first-hand the challenges in corporate finance intermediation that many of you will readily identify with. Much time is spent (and often wasted) on…