The Key To Proprietary Deal Flow

Emmet McGonagle

June 17, 2022

Randy Stewart Thompson – chairman of Valhalla Private Capital, managing director of Old Kent Road Financial and co-owner of Peterborough United Football Club – has outlined why he predicts proprietary deal flow will be “the only way to get ahead in the game for the next five years”.


Elaborating on his view of Valhalla Private Capital as a “banquet” at which entrepreneurs and investors alike can work together to nurture North America’s startup ecosystem, Randy said: “We have to have a good feast at the tent, we want you to come to us first before we go talk to everyone else, and I know full well that all of my brethren and sisters in the industry are doing exactly the same thing I am.”


Randy maintains that this proprietary deal flow will be achieved through Valhalla’s Basecamp - an intensive hands-on bootcamp in which entrepreneurs and angel investors can gain expert insight into the startup ecosystem in a bid to “get ahead” in today’s startup ecosystem.

To date, more than 1,100 entrepreneurs have participated in Valhalla Private Capital’s programs, helping those involved to collectively raise upwards of $500m in capital.


On the topic, he continued: “Valhalla is the place where startups and entrepreneurs want to go first, discover their next steps and know they are looked after.”


Randy has also discussed how best to avoid the pitfalls of “soul crushing” and nurture North America’s startup ecosystem, with reference to the methods of The Apprentice’s Lord Alan Sugar.


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