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UKBAA DealShare on Dealum: discover opportunities and take the next step

Since 2017, UKBAA's DealShare has given members of the UK Business Angels Association a way to pass investment opportunities between angel groups, syndicates and investors. In the last week of September 2026, DealShare moved onto Dealum. DealShare helps UKBAA members...

Peachscore + Dealum Demo Day: watch 15 startups pitch live on 29 October

Most demo days ask investors to travel, give up a full day and sit through a single city's batch of companies. This virtual demo day takes two and a half hours, costs nothing and brings together startups from several countries in one session. What happens on the day?...

What we’re building at Dealum: connecting startups with the companies that should be working with them

The first three posts were about the data. This one’s about what we think it means, and what we’re building at Dealum because of it. Data from 12,000+ funding rounds, 180+ angel networks Here’s the pattern we recognised. Of the funded companies we can see, only just...

The companies nobody’s watching: what happens after the funding stops

Most people start in the wrong place. They look at the companies still raising, still posting hype, still visible. That's a reasonable instinct and it's almost exactly backwards. To see why, it helps to look at what our data says about time. SERIES The mid-market exit...

Dealum partners with UKBAA to support angel investing across the UK

We’re pleased to announce that Dealum has partnered with the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA). Through the partnership, UKBAA’s DealShare platform will now be powered by Dealum, providing its member community with a dedicated space to share and discover...

Why mid-market companies are the missing piece in the startup exit puzzle

TL;DR: Nine in ten funded startups won't get a venture exit, yet many are solid businesses with real technology and proven teams. The buyer who fits them best, the mid-market company, needs exactly that capability and can't build it fast enough. What's missing isn't...

Bootstrapping a startup in 2026

TL;DR: Our 2024 bootstrapping advice still stands but for none of the original reasons. AI has made building nearly free, venture money has concentrated into a handful of AI deals, and investors now fund proof, not vision. Bootstrapping is no longer how you survive a...

The exit is the exception: what 12,000 funding rounds say about startup liquidity

Every pitch deck ends the same way. A slide titled "Exit," a logo soup of plausible acquirers, and a line about a five-to-seven year horizon to a "liquidity event." It is the part of the story everyone nods along to and no one checks. We checked. Dealum sits on the...

Practical tools to resolve conflict effectively

Understanding the role of conflict and recognizing when it becomes harmful is only part of the equation. In practice, most teams struggle with how to handle it in real time – often under pressure, with limited resources, and across different levels of hierarchy. In...

Co-founder mismatch: when conflict becomes a problem and how to solve it

Not every founder conflict is productive. The 3 red flags of founder mismatch and what investors can do before disagreements damage the company. While conflict can be a valuable tool, not all conflict creates value. In founder teams, the same differences in...

9 practical tips for accelerators from Dealum’s team

At Dealum, we know that the buzz and the excitement of the tech and startup scene are intoxicating. “Routine” is a word that doesn’t exist here. But we also know that incubation and accelerator programs, as well as startups, face incredible pressure from all sides....

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Dealum is Tartu’s Startup of the Year

Last Thursday, Dealum won the Startup of the Year award at the Tartu Entrepreneurship Awards gala. The recognition is a proud moment for Dealum as we steadily revolutionize the investment management and fundraising experience for startups and investors. Our journey to...

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Bootstrapping 101: Pros & Cons, Tips & Tricks

The past couple of years have been rough on the startup community – from the tech layoffs to countless startups going out of business or struggling to raise capital. But one group of startups is doing better than the others during the capital crunch – the bootstrapped...

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