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Applying DA to early-stage venture investing

San Francisco Chapter Meeting: Speaker Joe Gatto, SeedFolio
January 19, 2021

Most startups fail. About 70% of early-stage investments made by professional angel groups fail to return capital. Learn how decision analysis is being applied by a venture capitalist at the portfolio level and for individual investments.

During our discussion we will talk about data available on early stage outcomes, portfolio implications based on Monte Carlo simulation and the "Deal” evaluation framework. We will conclude by looking at a Deal Analysis example of an investment let by Joe in mid-2020.

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Keywords: evaluation anamod, uncertainty analysis uncanal, bayes, Value of information voivoc