Category: Decision-Making

Designing Accelerator Selection for Cohort Quality, Not Application Volume

The programme had been running for three years and six cohorts. Cohort quality, as measured by eighteen-month...

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Reference Washing and the Consensus Trap: Why Most Angel Syndicate Diligence...

The reference calls went well. All four contacts spoke positively about the founder: driven, visionary, great with...

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The Five Biases That Corrupt Early-Stage Evaluations (And When They Actually...

Analysts new to early-stage investing tend to worry about bias at the obvious moments: when a founder...

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The Comfort-Optimised IC: Why Most Small EU Seed Funds Are Running...

Most small EU seed funds have structured their investment committee process to reduce partner anxiety, not to...

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The Climate of Venture Capital in 2025

A Web Summit Reflection for Anyone Trying To Understand What Is Actually Happening Inside VC Right Now...

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