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21 articles in Startups & VC.
Accelerator, Incubator or Venture Studio? How the Programmes Differ and Which Events Each One Runs
How incubators, accelerators and venture studios differ, and how to plan the workshops, mentor meetings, selection days and investor events each model needs.
Venture Capital CRM and Deal Flow Software: 8 Tools Compared for 2026
Eight CRM and deal flow options for venture teams and angel networks, with a practical look at features, pricing and bringing event contacts into your follow-up process.
Startup Career Fairs: How Hubs and Universities Match Students with Startups in Pre-Booked Conversations
Why startups lose out at walk-through career fairs, and how career services and startup hubs run a fair with pre-booked conversations: three formats, a timeline, slot rules and the numbers that bring founders back.
Accelerator Selection Day: How to Run Interviews and Pitches for Your Cohort
Plan the day that decides your next cohort: an interview matrix in which every finalist meets two panels, the same questions for every team, juror calibration, one deliberation and rejections founders can accept.
Angel Groups: How to Run Screening and Pitch Meetings That End in Investments
How angel groups turn a monthly pitch evening into investments: a screening committee that says no early, a meeting that names a champion, a due diligence team with a deadline and a syndicated close.
Co-Founder Matching Events: How Accelerators and Universities Help Founders Find a Co-Founder
How to run a co-founder matching event at an accelerator, university or startup hub: choose the format, match on role and commitment before the evening, balance technical and business founders and plan the second meeting.
Hybrid Investor Events: How to Run Demo Days When Some Investors Join Remotely
Plan demo days and investor meetings with remote investors: decide between livestream, remote 1:1 meetings and an asynchronous track, set time-zone windows, mix slots fairly and follow up at the same speed.
Curated Founder-Investor Sessions: How to Run a Small-Format Alternative to the Big Startup Conference
Plan a small founder-investor session around relevant conversations. Choose the group size, select both sides, arrange meetings and track follow-up alongside attendance.
What Is Deal Flow? What It Means for VCs and How Startup Events Feed It
Understand deal flow, where investors find opportunities and how the selection process works. A guide to helping startup events create relevant introductions and follow-up conversations.
LP Annual Meeting: How VC and PE Funds Plan the Day for Their Investors
Plan an LP annual meeting with time for performance discussions, portfolio updates and individual questions. Includes an agenda, meeting capacity, LPAC arrangements, costs and follow-up.
Open Innovation Challenge: How to Run a Startup Challenge That Ends in Pilots
Plan an open innovation challenge from problem statement to operational testing. Agree pilot responsibilities, select relevant startups, arrange clarification meetings and track implementation.
Ecosystem Builder Events: How to Grow a Startup Community Between the Big Conferences
Build a regular event calendar for a startup community. Compare formats, involve experienced founders, prepare useful introductions and measure relationships alongside attendance.
Portfolio Summits and Founder Events: A Guide for VC Platform Teams
Choose a portfolio event format, prepare founder introductions and plan the programme together. A guide for VC platform teams to timing, budgets, sponsors and useful follow-up measures.
Side Events at Startup Conferences: How Organisers Curate the Programme Around the Event
Coordinate side events with your startup conference: choose a listing model, set selection and timing rules, maintain a shared calendar and evaluate participation and follow-up meetings.
What Is Venture Clienting? A Guide for Startup Conference Organisers
Venture clienting means a corporate buys from a startup before it invests in one. For a conference organiser that changes what a corporate-startup meeting is: not networking, but a purchasing conversation. Plan the track like a hosted buyer programme and you get pilots. Plan it like a lounge and you get business cards.
How to Run a Pitch Competition: Judging, Rules and Prizes
Three per cent of entrants win a prize at a typical pitch competition. A practical organiser guide to the rubric, jury, rulebook and prize structure, plus the meeting design that makes the event worth it for the other 97 per cent.
What Is a Pitch Event? The Five Formats and How Organisers Choose
A pitch event is not one format but five, each built for a different outcome. Definitions, 2026 examples from Slush 100 to SXSW Pitch, and a four-step framework for choosing the right one.
How to Track Investor Follow-ups After Demo Day: An Organiser's Tracking System
Most demo day reporting stops the moment the event ends. This guide builds the organiser-side tracking system in four parts: a meeting log as ground truth, instrumentation for the first 48 hours, a measurement calendar with KPI targets and a cohort report your sponsors can fund.
The 90-Day Countdown Before Your Startup Conference: An Organiser's Playbook for Investor Meetings
What startup conference organisers must lock at T-90, T-60, T-30 and in the final week: investor curation, matching rules, platform opening and follow-up infrastructure, with KPI checkpoints for every phase.
Demo Day Structure: A Six-Phase Playbook for Maximum Investor Follow-ups
A six-phase operational playbook for organisers: investor curation, pre-scheduled meetings, pitch-day discipline, the 48-hour warm-intro window, the 14-day follow-up hub, and the Day-90 cohort review. Includes the four KPIs that predict whether a cohort raises.
What is a Demo Day? A Complete Guide for Startup Conference Organisers
A demo day is more than a pitch marathon. Here is what the format is, the four variants organisers should know, and the five operational levers that turn pitches into investor follow-ups.