Re:VC List
by ghc on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @08:14AM
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For any founder who thinks this list is comprehensive or worth paying for: It's laughably incomplete, even in major VC markets. From a cursory scan I'd guess at least 50% of VC firms I've done deals with in Boston, SF and LA are missing.
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Where is the claim that this list is comprehensive? It's a spreadsheet that someone has taken the time to compile for FREE.
I believe they are actually selling the emails, though it doesn't say so explicitly.
Re:VC List
by Gabriel_Martin on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @10:22AM
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If you did a cursory scan of a 2900 line spreadsheet, just to call it laughably incomplete, maybe you have some insight of value to share too?
The insight I was trying to provide is that buying the list of emails from the list owner probably isn't worth it as it's not comprehensive.
For my methodology, I sorted alphabetically and cross-referenced with our internal deal tracking tools. About 50% of the first 20 firms I checked were missing. I call my scan cursory because I didn't continue after that, and we only invest in a subset of markets and company types.
I see lists like this for sale fairly frequently, and based on what I see it's likely a list of all firms with partner emails that were easy to find.
My search didn't show any located in North Carolina. And while NC isn't SV, it does have RDU and a decent number of small VC's.
One of the problems with VC in the United States is the very unequal geographic distribution.
i mean its available for free so its not for sale or anything?
If I'm not mistaken the VC emails are for sale.