Geography Filters

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Investor HQs

The simplest way to identify investors in a given geography is to limit search results to firms based in a specific country. This generally works well for founders in the US, which is home to more than 40% of all venture investments globally.

In other geographies where the venture ecosystem is less developed, it can still be quite useful to view investors based in the user’s specific country.

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Prior Investments by Continent

For founders based in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, one key challenge is to identify investors that either invest in their specific geography, or have a high likelihood to do that in the future (even if they haven’t done so before).

The “Prior Investments by Continent” filter allows users to identify investors that have previously made “X% of Total Portfolio Investments” in a specific continent. Generally, if a given investor has invested 5% of their portfolio in a given continent, it is reasonable to assume that they would be open to investing in countries within that continent.

Typically, most investment firms are open to investing in any country in a continent that they have previously invested in (with the exception of countries that have an uncertain security or political situation).

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Prior Investments by Country

The “Prior Investments by Country” filter is most useful for founders looking to identify investors that have invested in similar countries before.

For instance, founders raising capital in Egypt may want to identify investors that have previously invested in similar countries (such as Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh). GDP per capita is a useful indicator to identify “similar” countries.