Dealflow 3.0 Adds Fundraising Card and Controlled Pitch Deck Sharing for EU-Funded Innovators
- ›Discover.Dealflow.eu has added a Fundraising Card and controlled pitch deck sharing to make it easier for EU-funded innovators to attract investor interest.
- ›Founders can claim and edit company and innovation profiles, specify round size, closing date, and round type, and attach pitch decks with public or restricted Google Drive links.
- ›The platform adds structured Notes types for Business Pitch, Hiring, Interview, and generic Notes and introduces tailored home page content and new navigation to Innovation Radar and EIC-funded projects.
- ›Dealflow is supported by the European Commission and funded under Horizon Europe but the platform's reach and the quality of inbound investor interest will depend on adoption and verification processes.
- ›Founders should balance wider visibility with practical data hygiene, investor vetting, and use of restricted links or NDAs for sensitive material.
Dealflow 3.0 Adds Fundraising Card and Controlled Pitch Deck Sharing for EU-Funded Innovators
Discover.Dealflow.eu, a matchmaking platform supported by the European Commission and funded under Horizon Europe, has introduced new features aimed at simplifying the fundraising workflow for EU-funded startups and research spinouts. The headline additions are a Fundraising Card that flags active rounds and a mechanism to attach pitch decks with configurable access. The changes are presented as a way to generate inbound investor interest and reduce the time founders spend chasing meetings.
What the new features do and how they fit into the EU innovation ecosystem
The platform targets a real problem. Fundraising commonly diverts founders from operations. Dealflow cites that founders can spend 20 to 30 hours per week on fundraising and run between 50 and 100 investor meetings during an active round. The platform aims to surface active opportunities to investors through filters and search alerts based on profile details. It is one node in a broader EU ecosystem that includes EIC instruments such as Pathfinder, Transition, and Accelerator, Innovation Radar and other Horizon Europe investments.
How companies claim and manage their presence
Founders must claim their company profile to edit details and add fundraising information. The basic flow is to search for your company profile on Discover.Dealflow.eu, register with a work email, join the team on the profile, and edit the page. Innovations that have separate profiles can be claimed similarly. Once claimed, companies can add fundraising cards, upload pitch decks, and create Notes. Dealflow provides step by step guidance and a help FAQ.
Platform changes beyond the fundraising card
Dealflow also refreshed the home page to surface tailored content for users. The site will include exclusive graphs on EU-funded companies and sector reports. The platform announced a collaboration with Dealroom with an October 2024 report promised to deliver a new in-depth look at the EU-funded innovation ecosystem. A new menu provides one-click navigation to Innovation Radar and EIC-funded companies.
| Feature | What it does | Founder benefit | Potential caveat |
| Fundraising Card | Marks active rounds and lists round size, type and closing date | Helps attract targeted investor attention | May generate irrelevant inbound requests without investor vetting |
| Pitch deck via Google Drive | Attach deck with public or restricted link and receive access requests | Gives control over distribution and allows tracking of interest | Relying on Drive links transfers data control and security responsibility to founders |
| Structured Notes | Business Pitch, Hiring, Interview, Note | Richer profile content to attract investors, hires and partners | More content increases maintenance burden and potential for stale information |
| Filters and search alerts | Investors can filter for open rounds and receive alerts | Improves discoverability of active deals | Effectiveness depends on investor adoption of filters and quality of search signals |
Critical perspective and operational risks
The platform's claims are plausible but deserve moderation. Calling the service Europe's largest matchmaking platform or promising 'unparalleled visibility' is a marketing position that depends on adoption metrics that Dealflow has not published in this communication. The value of inbound investor interest depends on the quality of investor profiles, the platform's verification of investor credentials, and the matching algorithms behind search alerts. Founders who indiscriminately publish full decks risk exposing commercially sensitive information to unknown parties.
Practical recommendations for founders using Discover.Dealflow.eu
The platform can be a useful signal channel if used carefully. Here are actionable steps founders should take when publishing fundraising information.
Context on EU funding and matchmaking
EU funding programs are a major source of early stage financing for European innovators. Dealflow is positioned as part of that infrastructure, helping EIC grantees and other Horizon-funded projects reach investors and corporate partners. The platform highlights a persistent funding gap. Dealflow cites that about 20 percent of EU funding goes to SMEs and that only 7 percent of these companies go on to raise venture capital. Those headline figures point to structural challenges in scaling deep tech and deep science projects into VC-ready businesses.
Policy initiatives such as the European Innovation Council and Innovation Radar aim to bridge discovery and commercialisation gaps. Market-facing services like Dealflow can amplify those efforts but they do not replace the need for active investor engagement, robust due diligence and a supportive domestic VC ecosystem across EU member states.
What to watch next
Dealflow has announced a joint report with Dealroom due in October 2024 that claims to provide an unprecedented analysis of the EU-funded innovation ecosystem. The methodological transparency and data sources of that report will be important to assess. Also monitor whether Dealflow publishes metrics on platform traffic, investor verification procedures and conversion rates from inbound requests to meetings and term sheets. Those metrics will ultimately determine whether the platform delivers the time savings and higher quality introductions it promises.
Conclusion and next steps for founders
Discover.Dealflow.eu 3.0 introduces useful features for signalling fundraising intent and controlling pitch deck distribution. For founders the platform can reduce outreach friction and centralise inbound interest. The benefits are conditional on careful profile management, privacy hygiene, and active vetting of investor requests. Claim your profile, add a fundraising card with clear parameters, and use restricted links for initial document sharing. Treat the platform as one channel among many and track outcomes to evaluate whether it becomes a durable source of quality investor introductions.
For more detailed instructions, Dealflow offers step by step guides on claiming pages, attaching decks, and claiming innovations. The initiative is supported by the European Commission and funded by the European Union. Dealflow includes a disclaimer that views published on the platform are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the European Union or the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology.