One of America’s First Digital VCs and a Record-Breaking April
Covid-19 is Accelerating our Investing Model
We’ve received a large influx of questions about our fund and data-driven model since coronavirus has shifted the investing landscape over the past few weeks. Given this, I wanted to write a quick article to raise brand awareness about Connetic and our model as we have been a digital VC for almost 3 years.
My goal would be to increase deal flow so much that we would write more checks in April than any month in our history, and I believe we can do that and we want to do that, so if you are a startup, read on!
It was just over 2 ½ years ago when we ended the pitch for good. We felt the pitch was outdated, lead to bad decisions on our part, and favored the bold and beautiful which has nothing to do with outcomes. We are an early-stage VC in the middle of nowhere, no seriously, our office is in Northern Kentucky, and that is pretty much nowhere.
When we talk to Founders, we have to describe our area as Cincinnati, and even that is often met with with “that’s near Chicago right?” So yeah, middle of nowhere VC and as such we needed a way to capture deal flow and assess it from anywhere. To…
