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  • Weathered compass on investment portfolio with golden egg, symbolizing balance between analytical data and intuition in venture capital decisions.

What role intuition and experience play in startup evaluation

By Thomas Mensink|2025-04-25T06:59:59+01:0013/05/2025|Categories: Knowledge Base|

In startup investing, decision-making involves a delicate balance between analytical frameworks and experiential judgment. Experienced investors develop pattern recognition abilities through years of evaluating ventures, allowing them to quickly identify [...]

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  • Golden egg balancing quantitative analytics and qualitative business metrics on a modern desk, symbolizing holistic startup assessment.

Why startup assessment isn’t just about numbers

By Thomas Mensink|2025-04-25T07:00:19+01:0008/05/2025|Categories: Knowledge Base|

Evaluating startups effectively requires looking beyond financial projections and metrics. The most successful startup assessments combine quantitative data with qualitative factors like team dynamics, market understanding, and strategic vision. When [...]

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How to assess whether a startup can adapt and pivot

By Thomas Mensink|2025-04-25T07:00:19+01:0006/05/2025|Categories: Knowledge Base|

Evaluating a startup's adaptability requires examining multiple dimensions of the business. Successful pivoting capabilities depend on having a leadership team that embraces change, organizational structures flexible enough to reallocate resources, [...]

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  • Golden egg among white eggs with analytics tools and market research data, symbolizing validated startup potential in a venture capital setting.

How to evaluate customer validation in the early stages

By Thomas Mensink|2025-04-25T07:00:19+01:0002/05/2025|Categories: Knowledge Base|

Successful startups validate their business concepts with real customers before scaling. This systematic process involves gathering feedback, measuring market response, and iteratively refining your offering based on actual user data. [...]

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How can you tell if a startup is scalable?

By Thomas Mensink|2025-04-25T07:00:19+01:0030/04/2025|Categories: Knowledge Base|

Identifying ventures with growth potential involves examining several key factors that indicate expansion capability. Successful startups demonstrate scalable business models where revenue grows disproportionately faster than costs. These ventures typically [...]

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  • Golden egg in metallic nest atop rising graph line with cityscape background, symbolizing startup potential and growth analytics.

What drives long-term success in early-stage companies

By Thomas Mensink|2025-04-25T07:00:19+01:0028/04/2025|Categories: Knowledge Base|

Sustainable growth in early-stage ventures stems from a carefully balanced combination of strong team dynamics, validated product-market fit, and strategic capital allocation. Companies that thrive long-term typically excel at execution, [...]

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  • Analyst examining startup clusters with magnifying glass, charts and golden eggs marking standout opportunities across industry sectors

How to compare startups across different industries

By Thomas Mensink|2025-04-25T07:00:19+01:0025/04/2025|Categories: Knowledge Base|

Evaluating emerging ventures requires a methodical approach that transcends industry boundaries. When assessing startup potential across diverse sectors, investors and analysts need standardized frameworks that allow for meaningful comparison despite [...]

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Golden Egg Check Capital made Sifted’s Most Active VC & CVC Investor Ranking in Q1 2025

By Thomas Mensink|2025-04-24T15:10:57+01:0024/04/2025|Categories: In de media|Tags: Golden Egg Check Capital, Sifted|

This morning Sifted published its list of the most active VC and CVCs in Q1 2025. With 9 deals (initial + follow-on rounds) Golden Egg Check Capital reached the spot [...]

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  • Golden egg on assessment framework grid with magnifying glass, symbolizing high-value startup evaluation against unassessed competitors

How to build a consistent framework for assessing startup quality

By Thomas Mensink|2025-04-25T07:00:19+01:0024/04/2025|Categories: Knowledge Base|

Creating a systematic approach to evaluate startup potential allows investors, mentors, and founders to make better decisions based on objective criteria rather than gut feeling. An effective startup assessment framework [...]

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Maud Vermeulen joins Golden Egg Check as Investment Associate

By Thomas Mensink|2025-04-22T10:56:45+01:0022/04/2025|Categories: Blog|Tags: Maud Vermeulen|

We are very proud to announce that Maud Vermeulen is our new Investment Associate! “During my time at ROM Utrecht Region I gained my first knowledge about venture capital. I [...]

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