How Academic Startups, Better Decision-Making, and Diversity Are Redefining VC Deal Flow Management
In the venture capital industry, there seems to have been a clear paradigm shift over the last ten years. The sources of innovation, decision-making behavior, and composition of the founder pipelines have all changed. At the heart of these shifts is the ongoing transformation of VC deal flow management . The emergence of startups in the world of academia, the recognition of biases in decision-making, and the quest for inclusive environments have all made possible a more deliberate mindset. These combined elements are defining the future world of deal flow, as investors seek success in new ways. What explains the rise of academic startups in investment pipelines? Academic institutions have quietly emerged as powerful contributors to venture pipelines. For academic institutions to be attractive sources for ventures, they must have innovated beyond research and incorporated early-stage entrepreneurial ventures. This was not so, as th...