David Lachmish

New episode with Seyon Indran from Concept Ventures Vibe Coding in VC: Custom Tools and the New Wave of Founders Seyon is the Head of Research at Concept Ventures, the UK’s largest dedicated pre-seed fund. He’s leading their effort to develop a founder assessment platform that brings data and structure to one of venture’s most subjective decisions: who to back. In this episode, we dive into how AI and vibe coding are reshaping the landscape of early-stage investing—from how VCs operate to who gets funded. We also discuss his experience using Replit to build internal tools as a non-technical builder, the rise of solo founders, and why storytelling and lived experience are becoming powerful signals in founder evaluations. Listen now 👇 🎥 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gBTM75Pt 🎧 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gacSiYwk 🍏 Apple: https://lnkd.in/gBGrKBWJ What you’ll learn: 🔸 How Concept Ventures is building a platform to surface exceptional founders early 🔸 The role of AI and vibe coding tools in democratizing software creation 🔸 Why the next wave of startups may come from solo, non-technical founders 🔸 The importance of founder narrative, insight, and “vibe” in a post-SaaS world 🔸 The shift from gut feel to structured, data-informed decision-making in VC 🔸 What vibe coding actually is—and why it’s here to stay 🔸 Why more VCs are building their own internal tools 🔸 What makes Replit uniquely effective for non-technical builders

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After months of development, today we’re officially launching Dealstack’s waterfall. I’ve reviewed enough waterfalls to know where errors love to hide: - Having four cap table versions in circulation  - A preference rate fixed in one workbook but not the next  - Last-minute clauses no one modelled Today we stop that.    Dealstack’s waterfall turns the legal record itself into the calculation engine that: - Pulls preference rates and vesting terms straight from the signed docs stored in Dealstack.  - Calculates multi-entity payouts in seconds. No secret macros or key-man risk.  - Creates outputs useful for internal meetings and LP reporting.    Our beta clients have loved it so far and we’re still just getting started. If you’d like to find out more, feel free to reach out any time. 

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Big news for UK startups Innovate UK’s Investor Partnerships competition is now LIVE - where private investment gets matched with grant funding to effectively double your raise… with half of it equity-free. 🤩 Here’s what most founders don’t realise: - You must be invited by an approved investor - The grant amount is tied to your aligned investment - Innovation alone isn’t enough; you also need investor traction - Up to 70% of project costs can be funded depending on research stage If you’re raising for R&D in AI, clean energy, life sciences, creative industries, defence, advanced manufacturing (and more), this programme can massively reduce dilution and accelerate your roadmap. Over the coming weeks, I’ll share: 🔹 A simple eligibility checklist 🔹 The biggest misconceptions 🔹 A complete database of approved Investor Partnerships investors (CSV exportable) If you want a fast eligibility check, DM me “Investor Partnerships”. #grants #innovateuk #founders #startups #funding There are over 180 investors taking part - tagging a few that I know personally: SFC Capital, Twin Path Ventures, Cambridge Angels, Cambridge Future Tech, Henley Business Angels

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We’ve just released our incremental Person entity resolution. Our composable linking modules have enabled deep linking, which iteratively link records to improve both linking rates and accuracy. Now, our modular linking has also enabled incremental linking, so we don’t have to link 100B+ records from ground up every month or two.

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