Deal flow

Deal flow is a term used by finance professionals such as venture capitalists, angel investors, private equity investors and investment bankers to describe the stream of potential investment or banking opportunities that they must continually review in order to maintain their operations. More technically defined as the creation and maintenance of a flow of business proposals for evaluation and decision for financial backing, an organization's deal flow is considered "good" if it results in enough revenue- or equity-generating opportunities to keep the organization functioning at peak capacity.
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Used to refer to investment banking ; the rate at which new deals are referred to a brokerage firm.