DEAL FLOW
What a Slow Process Costs a Network in Deal Access
Time-to-decision decides which deals a network sees, not just how it treats founders. What the data says about the clock, where deals leak, and what to measure.
Pynn ·Oct 28, 2026
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ANGEL INVESTING
How Long a Raise Actually Takes, and How Many Investors You Need to Contact
Founders plan raises on anecdotes. The dated data says four to six months, dozens of investors, and meeting counts that separate winners far more than list length.
Pynn ·Oct 21, 2026
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DEAL FLOWWarm Introductions Versus Open Applications: What Sourcing Data Shows
Warm intros convert better, but partly because of who gets them. What the sourcing research shows each channel filters out, and what a network should track.
Pynn ·Oct 20, 2026
ANGEL INVESTING
Portfolio Construction: The Minimum Number of Deals to Be Diversified
Why 15 to 25 companies keeps turning up as the angel diversification threshold, what the return data shows, and what it means for networks setting their pace.
Pynn ·Oct 1, 2026
ANGEL INVESTING
SAFEs Versus Priced Rounds: What the Data Shows
The SAFE now dominates pre-seed, and the 2018 post-money version fixed the investor's stake. Here is where the dilution goes, and when a priced round is safer.
Pynn ·Oct 1, 2026
DEAL FLOW
Do Accelerators Actually Work? What the Research Says
The evidence on accelerators is better than most people think and narrower than most people want. The useful question is which program, for which outcome.
Pynn ·Sep 16, 2026
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PYNNWhat Investors Read in Your Deck, and How Long You Have
The famous figure for how long investors spend on a pitch deck is eleven years old. The trend behind it, and one finding inside it, matter more than the number.
Pynn ·Sep 16, 2026
DEAL FLOW
What a Network Owes a Startup It Rejects
Most of what an investor network processes is a rejection, and almost none of its process design covers one. What a usable no contains, and what silence costs.
Pynn ·Sep 2, 2026
PYNN
The Road to Series A Is Longer Than Your Runway Plan
Seed rounds are still sized against an 18 to 24 month assumption, but the median company now waits closer to two years and a growing share waits three.
Pynn ·Sep 2, 2026
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