What an investor sees in MSV Deals, and what stays private
Most deal flow arrives as a deck and a promise. A startup in MSV Deals arrives with its record: months of verified numbers, the documents behind them and the programme that watched it grow.
By the MyStartupValley team
An investor's week is mostly filtering. Decks arrive that never fit the thesis, numbers arrive that nobody has checked, and the good company is buried under fifty that were never ready. MSV Deals is built to remove that filtering, not to add another inbox.
The same evidence on every card
Every startup in MSV Deals has been evaluated by our team on six due diligence parameters before it reaches you. The card shows the same things for every company, so you compare like with like:
- Traction record. How many months of numbers are verified, and how complete the founder's monthly MIS is.
- MSV Evidence. The pitch deck, financial model, MIS, CIN and GST behind the claims.
- Who tracked it. If an incubator or accelerator ran the company through its programme, the card says so, along with how many months the company has been on MSV.
- Readiness. A Funding Ready label when the founder's profile, data room and numbers are complete.
You read the record before you take the call, not after.
What stays private
Some things never reach the investor side. A programme's internal notes about a founder stay with the programme, and so does the name of the cohort. A founder's notes to one investor stay with that investor. MSV is built so that each side sees what it needs to decide, and nothing more.
From card to first meeting
Startups open in a monthly deal window, so every investor whose thesis fits sees a company at the same time; no one gets an early, quiet look. When a company is worth a conversation, you request a first meeting. That opens the deal note, written by our team. Once the founder accepts, MSV sets up the meeting, and after it you talk directly.
If you pass, the pass stays private. It is never shown to other investors, and it does not follow the founder around.
Two deal flows, one Deal Room
MSV Deals is one source. The other is your own: founders you meet, or who apply through your own sourcing link, land in the same Deal Room with the same card. One place to review everything, whoever found it. See how it works on the For Investors page, or read how a founder goes live from the other side.
Questions
Who evaluates the startups in MSV Deals?
Our team evaluates every startup on six due diligence parameters before an investor sees it.
When does the deal note open?
When you request a first meeting with the founder. MSV sets up that meeting once the founder accepts; after it, you talk directly.
Can other investors see that I passed?
No. Passes are never shown to other investors.
