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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...

Don’t let a good conflict go to waste

In startups, conflict is often treated as a warning sign – something to resolve quickly or avoid altogether. Alignment between founders or with the investors is seen as critical. However, the absence of visible conflict doesn’t necessarily indicate strong alignment;...

Why we believe Dealum is the best accelerator management software in 2026

Every accelerator program manager knows the familiar chaos: spreadsheets overflowing with startup applications, founder follow-ups filling the inbox, pitch decks going missing, and a Notion page quietly pretending it is still up to date. Dealum is for accelerators and...

Investment monitoring for angel investors: How to stay close to what’s really happening

A practical guide for active angels managing multiple portfolio companiesBy Victoria Brock LinkedIn TL;DR Most active angel investors don't have a shortage of portfolio information. They have a shortage of usable portfolio information. Updates, contracts, founder...

How AI is reshaping startup fundraising: Insights from two investors

On April 9, we brought together Ashok Kamal from NuFund Venture Group and Sigvards Krongorns ex-Verge HealthTech Fund to talk about something everyone's discussing but few are doing well: using AI in fundraising. We talked about real workflows, real tools,...

How NuFund Venture Group migrated from Seraf to Dealum

Investor groups often hesitate to switch platforms because of one concern: data migration. Moving deal history, portfolio records, documents, and member data can feel risky and time-consuming. When NuFund Venture Group decided to move its reporting from Seraf to...

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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Deal negotiations 101 for angel investors

The purpose of deal negotiation is – obviously – coming to a deal. Not just any deal, but a mutually beneficial agreement for both the investor(s) and the startup. Angel investing is much more than the “set it and forget it” type of traditional investing and, as such,...

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Economic Uncertainty: Tailwind or Headwind for Angels

Are things as bad as they seem in the startup world? We’ve previously written about the tech sector's mass layoffs, as well as the post-covid startup landscape. The verdict still holds – this is more of a correction than a collapse. 2023 was undoubtedly rocky for the...

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