Investors
“Like any great relationship, it requires effort to make it great. Once we spent the time and effort to share our investment profile with the folks at Venture Pipeline, they consistently sent great deal flow our way.”
- Chris Hadsell, Hadsell Partners
“The DLA Piper Venture Pipeline serves as a trusted referral source for early-stage investment opportunities. We appreciate the program and work with the DLA Piper team to develop quality deal flow for our investment program.”
- Randy Hawks, Claremont Creek
“The DLA Venture Pipeline dynamically extends our own organic deal sourcing – the team of Ella van Gool and Ian Westberg has been great to work with as well.“
- Gamiel Gran, Sierra Ventures
"As a two-time founder and CEO I’ve met many competent law firms. I always tell entrepreneurs that the extra value you get – the network of VCs and advice on which firms to approach and how – is priceless. There is no better national firm out there than DLA Piper when it comes to helping with your Venture Pipeline and getting you in the door.”
- Mark Suster, GRP Partners
"Venture Pipeline is a valuable resource for anyone looking to raising venture capital. Their team understands the VC process; what is fundable; who is funding what; and knows how to position your company to highlight the factors that catch the attention of investors."
- Prashant Shah, Hummer Winblad
"The Venture Pipeline provides Frontier with high-quality deal flow that always matches our investment interests. We love receiving leads from them, and the DLA team is a pleasure to work with."
- Scott Lenet, Founder and Managing Director, DFJ Frontier
“We're big fans of the DLA Piper Venture Pipeline, and recently led a clean tech deal they sent our way. It is clear to us they didn't overshop the deal, and they targeted the venture community with a thoughtful, focused process. These guys 'get it.' As a result, their client got the startup capital they needed to enter the market."
- Ken Lawler, Battery Ventures
DLA Piper lawyers are: "on top of the most recent trends in China and applicable rules and regulations in many of the hot sectors."
- Nicholas Shao VP, The Carlyle Group Asia
“We appreciate the fact that the deal flow we get from Venture Pipeline is always of a consistently high quality."
- Gerald Brady, Managing Director, Siemens
"These guys get it. They target the venture community with a thoughtful, focused process.” We know that when an potential deal is introduced to us by the DLA Piper Venture Pipeline folks, the company has been well coached and vetted with our specific criteria in mind. They really make the process much more efficient for all involved.”
- Charles Curran - Valhalla Partners