Venturefund.io wants to help startups understand their traction, and invest in them too

Dec17

by Sindy Cator on December 17, 2014 at 3:00 pm

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

We’ve seen a few innovations in approaches to venture capital in recent years – most popularly a service model, where VC firms offer ‘value adds’ like Google Ventures’ design sprint sessions or Index Ventures’ Index Network support system for portfolio companies. Actually finding the teams to invest in still generally remains the stuff of contacts and introductions, however. A new fund is looking to change that. VentureFund.io is a new Palo Alto-based early-stage fund that is taking an innovative approach to identifying potential investment oportunities – an API. The free-to-use Traction API connects to a startup’s end-user app and presents data like acquisition, activation,…