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The month in deal flow: companies advanced to presentation, sectors over-represented in submissions and common reasons for decline.

The questions diligence teams ask customers, former colleagues and co-investors, and how answers are weighted in the final memo.

Position sizing, pacing across vintages, reserve strategy and the number of investments needed for a durable return profile.

The fifteen slides our chapter forums expect, in order, with the evidence each one needs to survive member questioning.

Which chapters co-invested this quarter, the structures used and the practical friction founders should plan for.

Option pools, SAFEs, convertibles and founder vesting — what to resolve before a priced round rather than during it.