Introduction
The venture capital industry has long operated based on relationships and networks, but traditional deal sharing has been fragmented, inefficient, and often limited to personal connections. Decile Group has transformed this landscape with an innovative Deal Sharing feature that creates a rising tide lifting all boats in the emerging VC community.
The venture capital industry has long operated based on relationships and networks, but traditional deal sharing has been fragmented, inefficient, and often limited to personal connections. Decile Group has transformed this landscape with an innovative Deal Sharing feature that creates a rising tide lifting all boats in the emerging VC community.
What We've Built: A Community-Powered Deal Engine
Decile Group has developed a one-click feature that enables managers in the VC Lab community to easily share deals with their peers. This isn't just another sharing tool; it's a sophisticated system that recognizes a fundamental truth: deal-sharing creates win-win scenarios where managers help connect organizations and startups with additional funding sources, whether they're existing portfolio companies, potential investments, or referrals from their networks, ultimately increasing these companies' chances of success.
When a deal gets shared within the Decile Hub community, it propagates to the research pipeline of every other account on the platform. But here's where the magic happens: our AI analyzes each fund's thesis and intelligently filters deals to match specific investment criteria and geographic focus. Relevant opportunities automatically flow into each manager's "filtered on thesis" stage, cutting through the noise to surface only the most relevant opportunities.
Simplicity by Design: One-Click Deal Sharing
We've eliminated the friction that traditionally plagued deal sharing. The process is remarkably simple:
From your deal flow pipeline or any organization's profile, a single button click initiates the sharing process. Once clicked, the deal sharing modal appears with AI automatically populating relevant information by analyzing the organization's notes, uploaded files, and email communications.
Managers retain full control, with the ability to edit any information before sharing and specify their level of participation in the deal. Importantly, the referring manager is clearly identified, enabling direct communication between managers for specific questions or deeper collaboration on the shared opportunity.
The Strategic Value: Quality Over Quantity
Deal Sharing creates several strategic advantages for fund managers:
Time Efficiency: Instead of sifting through hundreds of irrelevant opportunities, managers receive a focused pipeline of pre-filtered, thesis-aligned deals from trusted peers.
Quality Validation: Each shared deal comes with implicit endorsement from a peer manager who has conviction in the opportunity and often direct experience with the company.
Network Amplification: Companies gain access to a broader network of potential investors through the collective reach of the Decile Hub community, increasing their funding success probability.
Community Intelligence: Managers benefit from the collective due diligence and market insights of their peers who have already evaluated these opportunities.
Maintaining Balance: The Symbiotic Cycle
To ensure Deal Sharing remains a thriving, reciprocal ecosystem, we've implemented a thoughtful limitation: managers must actively share deals to access deals shared by others. This creates a symbiotic cycle that encourages active participation and prevents passive consumption of community value.
This approach ensures that every participant contributes to the community's success while benefiting from the collective intelligence and deal flow of their peers.
The Bigger Picture: Democratizing Deal Access
Deal Sharing represents more than a feature; it's a fundamental shift toward democratizing access to high-quality investment opportunities. By connecting emerging managers across the Decile Hub community, we're creating a more efficient, collaborative venture capital ecosystem where the best deals find the right investors, and promising startups gain access to the capital they need to succeed.
The result is a rising tide that truly floats all boats: startups get better funding outcomes, managers access higher-quality deal flow, and the entire emerging VC community becomes more connected and effective.