📣Launching VCSTACK.COM: Find Everything For Modern Investors
Automation Templates, AI Copilots & GPTs, Browser Plugins, Data & Software Tools, Prompt Library, Contact Lists & A Lot More
👋 Hi, I’m Andre and welcome to my newsletter Data Driven VC which is all about becoming a better investor with Data & AI. Join 34,600 thought leaders from VCs like a16z, Accel, Index, Sequoia, and more to understand how startup investing becomes more data-driven, why it matters, and what it means for you.
Almost 3 years in..
In September 2022, I launched this newsletter to share my thoughts about the future of venture capital, and how I expected data-driven innovation and AI to change our industry for the better: more efficient, effective, and inclusive.
It started with weekly “How to become more data-driven” Essays, hands-on and tangible, sharing my experiments and learning journey with like-minded peers. It didn’t take long for the first of you asking for the “Insights that we extract from the data”. The second weekly format was born, and to my surprise it has attracted many more founders & operators to our growing audience.
Fast forward to today, we’ve published 315 (!) episodes and 3 annual DDVC Landscape reports, have hosted 2 virtual and 1 physical conference with almost 100 world class speakers and more than 2.5k participants in total, multiple roundtable formats, get-togethers, and a lot more.
Data Driven VC has grown to a community of almost 50k investors ranging from angels over VCs to PEs and LPs, founders, operators, researchers, and others interested at the intersection of private market investing, startups, data & AI.
Over the course of this exciting journey, we’ve created, captured, and curated an insane amount of hyper specific, deeply valuable content for a broad spectrum of investors and LPs - all of which we’ve uploaded to our community & content platform The Lab.
Aiming to bridge the gap between our 50k audience and the 150 or so members of The Lab, we introduced an additional newsletter format called “Resources” where we share regular snapshots of our most valuable DDVC resources such as the top prompts for startup sourcing, screening & due diligence, deal winning & closing, the top 30 hottest startups of each month, or various lists with active family offices or pension funds.
Looking at the performance data of our three newsletter streams, the new Resources format resonates incredibly well. Yet, many of you reached out asking for ways to browse all DDVC resources at once, without needing to wait for future episodes.
We listened. We built it.
Launching VCSTACK.COM🚀
With extraordinary help from Max & his team at Magier Design as well as Georgiy & his team at OverDrive, we’re incredibly excited to launch VCSTACK.COM - our new platform where you can find everything you need as a modern investor.
What to expect?
We took all the resources from our DDVC community (thanks to everyone who contributed over the years - from builders over speakers to curators and guest authors) and whatever valuable we could find online, and categorized it as follows:
Data, Tech & Tools
Automation Templates: Pre-built workflows to automate repetitive VC tasks and processes.
AI copilots and GPTs: AI copilots and GPTs customized for VC sourcing, diligence, and operations.
Browser Plugins: Extensions to enhance research, deal sourcing, and productivity for VCs.
Data & software tools: Leading databases, analytics tools, and software for investors.
Prompt Library: AI copilots and GPTs customized for VC sourcing, diligence, and operations.
Contacts
Incubators: Global list of startup incubators supporting early-stage companies.
Accelerators: Global list of startup accelerators helping founders build faster.
Angels: Comprehensive list of angel investors active across sectors and geographies.
VC Firms: Directory of venture capital firms investing across stages, geographies, and sectors.
PE Firms: Global list of private equity firms fueling business expansion and acquisitions.
Investment Banks: List of investment banks supporting startup fundraising, M&A, and exits.
Limited Partners: Directory of LPs backing venture capital and private equity funds, including Family Offices, Fund of Funds, Wealth Managers, Pension Funds, Endowments, Governments, and more.
Acquirers: Strategic and financial players actively acquiring private companies.
Vendors: VC service providers from legal to back-office to tech stack support.
Media & Journalists: Reporters and outlets covering VC, startups, and tech innovation.
Templates
Documents: Templates for investment memos, SAFE agreements, LP reports, and more.
Notion Templates: Notion templates for your daily workflows as an investor.
Fundraising Decks: Examples of investment firm fundraising materials.
LP Communication: Templates for quarterly LP updates, capital calls, and investor letters.
Content, Research & Reports
Newsletters, Podcasts & More: Top newsletters, podcasts, and media sources for VC insights.
Masterclasses: Latest videos and insights on all things venture capital, including recordings from our summits, roundtables, and a lot more.
Research: Latest academic and industry research papers on venture capital.
Reports: VC industry reports, annual reviews, funding trend analyses, and more.
Trending Startups: Monthly list of the hottest stealth, early-, and growth-stage startups, ranked by investor interest.
Funding Announcements & Rumours: Summary of recent announcements & rumours in the world of venture.
Multiples: Monthly valuation & revenue multiples, efficiency benchmarks, M&A numbers, and more.
Events
Communities: Online and offline communities for VC professionals and startup founders.
Jobs: Curated jobs at investment firms & funds.
It’s certainly not complete. It will never be. We’ll keep adding more and more resources as we find and create them.
So if you see something interesting somewhere online: share it with us!
And if you feel something critical doesn’t exist: let’s build it together!
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Stay driven,
Andre
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