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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
by ghc 7y ago
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.
- overcast 7y agoWhere is the claim that this list is comprehensive? It's a spreadsheet that someone has taken the time to compile for FREE.
- ghc 7y agoI believe they are actually selling the emails, though it doesn't say so explicitly.
- swyx 7y agoi mean its available for free so its not for sale or anything?
- ghc 7y agoIf I'm not mistaken the VC emails are for sale.
- Gabriel_Martin 7y agoIf 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?
- ghc 7y agoThe 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.
- vi-mode 7y ago1st-world problems
- sgnelson 7y agoMy 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.