VC Circle: Deal Tracking and Primary Research for VCC Edge

Ajay joined VC Circle as an Analyst on the deal intelligence team, working within a research team of around 50 analysts organized into sub-teams of three. His team's responsibility was to source, validate, and enter deal data into VCC Edge, the platform's proprietary database used by investors to track live funding activity.

A significant part of the work involved primary research on deals where information was not publicly disclosed. When a funding round was known but details were incomplete, Ajay and his teammates would conduct cold outreach to founders, directors, and CEOs to gather the missing data: round size, equity diluted, investor names, and current fundraising status. This required structuring the outreach, scheduling calls, and extracting accurate information from founders who were not always forthcoming.

Before any data entered the database, Ajay ran MCA portal checks on the companies involved. He verified company registration details, director histories, and filing records to ensure the information going into VCC Edge was accurate and traceable. When discrepancies arose between what a founder stated and what the filings showed, the MCA data took precedence as the authoritative government source.

In addition to deal tracking, he also evaluated pre-money and post-money valuations for companies involved in funding rounds, and tracked M&A and angel deals alongside VC rounds. He also supported VC Circle's events business, which brought founders and investors together in person to facilitate introductions and funding conversations.