Database of VC investment announcements

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Post by kjam___ » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 1:56 PM UTC

Database of VC investment announcements
vcinsights.co

Re: Database of VC investment announcements

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Post by troydavis » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 2:00 PM UTC

Neat. If an RSS feed of new memos existed, I'd subscribe.

If an RSS feed already exists, consider adding the feed URL to the site header so that visitors can use "RSS auto-discovery" - https://www.rssboard.org/rss-autodiscovery. And thanks for creating this.

Re: Database of VC investment announcements

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Post by welder » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 2:38 PM UTC

I searched but don't see some startups that raised series-A. That means their investors didn't publish a public memo? Good question to add to an FAQ if you have one.

Re: Database of VC investment announcements

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Post by kjam___ » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 2:46 PM UTC

welder wrote: post #3

I searched but don't see some startups that raised series-A. That means their investors didn't publish a public memo? Good question to add to an FAQ if you have one.

Yep that's right! It currently tracks about 50 top global VCs and adding more each day, but most likely the investor didn't publish a public memo. Good shout re: the FAQ will look to add.

Re: Database of VC investment announcements

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Post by nilsbunger » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 3:02 PM UTC

If we train a LLM on this data, which VC firm will it make partner at, and which quartile will its performance be in?

Re: Database of VC investment announcements

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Post by kjam___ » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 3:04 PM UTC

troydavis wrote: post #2

Neat. If an RSS feed of new memos existed, I'd subscribe. If an RSS feed already exists, consider adding the feed URL to the site header so that visitors can use "RSS auto-discovery" - https://www.rssboard.org/rss-autodiscovery . And thanks for creating this.

Not yet, unfortunately. But will look to add soon.

Re: Database of VC investment announcements

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Post by m-watson » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 3:05 PM UTC

nilsbunger wrote: post #5

If we train a LLM on this data, which VC firm will it make partner at, and which quartile will its performance be in?

We all know someone already is doing this and they will make the "this memo does not exist" site. HN front page next week.

Re: Database of VC investment announcements

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Post by SnoJohn » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 3:07 PM UTC

Sorry to quibble, but these aren't investment memos. They are PR statements announcing an investment. An investment memo is an internal document that lays out a business model, a competitive analysis, a risk assessment, the reasoning behind investing or not, and how it should be valued.

Really nice site though. Well designed and works smoothly.

Re: Database of VC investment announcements

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Post by civilaircraft » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 3:10 PM UTC

These are just the VC investment announcements - I was hoping to see the actual investment memos which delve into the analysis of the market, product, business model, technicals, team, risks, etc. (which I would be surprised if they were made public at all). Although over the last few years, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of vc firms didn't really do in-depth investment memos...

Re: Database of VC investment announcements

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Post by japanesejay » Tue, Feb 07, 2023, 3:16 PM UTC

Great idea! Thank you for putting this together. I’ll have to dig deeper but the first two randomly selected companies had an announcement of their investment and not a formal investment memo that would be submitted to their IC. However it’s very interesting to understand the investors perspective at the time of their participation.