The Modern Dealflow Stack: From Inbox Chaos to a Scored Pipeline
Most early-stage dealflow runs on an inbox and a spreadsheet. The five-layer stack that replaces it, and where the money actually leaks.
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Dealflow, screening and diligence practice for angels, micro-funds and VCs
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Run Your Raise as a Pipeline: The 10-Stage Fundraising CRM
A fundraising round is a sales pipeline. The 10 stages, the objective gate condition for each, and the three metrics that predict a close.
Pre-Screening at Scale: Scoring Startups Before the First Call
How to score inbound startups before spending an hour on a call: the two-gate model, the four-dimension rubric, and the comparability problem.
Investor Updates That Get Replies: Tiered Reporting for Pre-Seed and Seed
The monthly investor update that works: a seven-block structure, tiered reporting, the ask that gets answered, and the mistakes that kill replies.
The Investment Memo, Standardised: What Belongs in a Pre-Seed IC Memo
A one-page investment memo for pre-seed and seed: the nine blocks, what has to be falsifiable, and why you write it before the decision.
Team, Product, Market, Deal: The Four Dimensions of a Fundable Company
The four dimensions every early-stage investor assesses, what separates a 2 from a 4 in each, and why three strong dimensions and one weak one still fails.
Proportionate Diligence: A Pre-Seed Checklist That Is Not a Series A Checklist
A pre-seed diligence checklist sized to a pre-seed cheque: what to verify in days, what to skip, and the four items that are never optional.
Warm Intros Are a Filter You Did Not Choose
The warm intro is a proximity filter, not a quality filter. How to build investor interest that does not depend on who you already know.
Adverse Selection: The Hidden Cost of Warm-Intro-Only Dealflow
Warm-intro-only dealflow is rational per deal and costly per portfolio. The economics of the deals you never see, and why the loss is invisible.
Angels and Micro-Funds: Running Real Diligence Without an Analyst Team
A solo investor's system for dealflow and diligence: the four-hour week, what to automate, and the syndicate division of labour.