[FunnyBadger]

Honestly I always used personal connections - I'm not exactly an extrovert but I'm comfortable talking to just about anyone. Sometimes it's surprising who knows who and the connections are often not what you expected.

The other trick is realizing it's not only VCs who have money. Most Angel investors outside SV are NOT even involved in Tech.

[giampaolo44]

Yes, that's our primary route, but the great majority of potential partners seem to be 3rd and over in our LinkedIn degrees of separation :/ Which is somewhat strange given that we are all bankers. Maybe the areas where we were involved (equities, large corporate, DCM, structures & solutions) are too different from the typical VC contacts. Certainly we had much more exposure to the UK financial business than the US.