We understand that you may want to walk us through your story and vision, rather than sending over some slides. Nothing conveys emotion, like a face to face meeting or a call. 

We also understand that you may want to get to know us first and learn more about us before sending us confidential information.

We really would love to talk to all the smart founders out there. But it’s impossible. Typically, a venture capitalist receives a minimum of 200 potential investments every year. Private Equity investors slightly less. But that’s 3-4 per week, just to review.

With a small team, we really can’t talk to each and every founder. If we did, we wouldn’t have time to dive deep into sectors, do due diligence, spend time with portfolio companies or even meet with our investors.

This is why using the pitch deck, or affectionally… the deck, as the first filter is important for us. When we go through a well prepared deck, we can quickly determine if we want to learn more.

There are plenty of reasons why a company may not be the right fit for us (or for why Encapita might not be the right partner for the company). We try to make it clear with our investment criteria, but sometimes things are not so black and white. We also try our best to give some useful feedback, after the deck is sent.

If we quickly pass on your company after having the seen the pitch deck, it doesn’t mean your company is not great quality, it only means that it does not fit our investment thesis.

Our process isn’t perfect, and we may miss on a few great companies. But even Bessemer Ventures has an Anti Portfolio of companies they passed on.