Study: Venture Capital Influencer Insights - Research Finds that Media Coverage Counts in World of VC Funding

One of the top requests we get from startups in seek of PR is help getting on the radar of venture capitalists. Zeno Group’s tech practice has worked with startup companies and venture capital firms alike, so we know the route to Sand Hill Road, but we wanted to uncover the data that shows how to reach VCs in today’s era of social networking and the rapidly changing news media.

Turning to Twitter, we created a snapshot of the media and influencers that VCs follow and also asked VCs directly about the influence of social and news media on their networking and investments.

We found that there aren’t any shortcuts. Building relationships with individual partners and journalists still matter, and VCs act upon what they see in the news.

View our findings below and see the full whitepaper on Slideshare.