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VCIssue #98·February 19, 2026·3 min read

Value Add VC is Live!

The Hub for All Things VC and More.

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Trace Cohen
Managing Partner at NYVP · 3x founder · 65+ investments

For the past few months I have been quietly vibe coding nights and weekends, building tools I actually wanted as a founder and as a VC. Fund benchmarking dashboards. SPV calculators. Liquidity waterfall models. Founder diligence engines. IPO datasets. Prompt systems. Things that started as internal scratch work and slowly turned into real products.

Instead of keeping them scattered across random links and half finished prototypes, I finally pulled everything together into one place.

valueaddvc.com

It is a hub for practical startup and VC tools. Built from the trenches. No theory. No fluff. Just systems that help you think clearer, model better, and make sharper decisions.

1. Fund Benchmarking

Compare your fund’s TVPI, DPI, IRR, and MOIC against industry benchmarks from Carta, PitchBook, and Aduro Advisors by vintage year.

2. Fund Tracker ($200M and Below)

Interactive dashboard tracking new VC funds at or below $200M. Filter by vintage year, geography, fund number, and capital raised.

3. Unicorn Tracker

Track billion dollar unicorns in New York and San Francisco. Explore valuations, industries, funding data, and top investors. Currently covers 108 unicorns representing $1.6T in total value.

4. SPV Calculator

Late stage SPV reality check. Model stacked management fees and carry to see how multi layer structures impact actual net returns.

5. Liquidity Waterfall

Custom fund distribution calculator for LP and GP proceeds. Track progress toward 1.0x DPI and model partner level distributions.

6. Founder Due Diligence

AI powered founder research engine. Generate comprehensive founder dossiers using web data, GitHub analysis, and structured talking points in seconds.

7. VC Prompt System

20 institutional grade diligence prompts for Deep Tech and Vertical AI investing. Covers market sizing, unit economics, defensibility, risk analysis, and IC memo generation.

8. Is SaaS Dead?

AI defensibility rankings across 48 major SaaS companies. Evaluate which businesses are resilient in the AI agent era versus structurally exposed.

9. CalmPR

Composure copilot for handling negative online content. Get guidance on whether to respond, how to respond, and how to protect long term brand equity.

10. Tech IPO Dashboard

45 years of tech IPO data from 1980 to 2025. Includes bubble risk indicators, year over year comparisons, VC backing trends, and landmark IPO timelines.

11. VC Meeting OS (Coming Soon)

Transform meeting transcripts into structured investment memos. Capture transcripts, generate memos, extract tasks, and track follow ups in one system.

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Please go check it out, let me know what you think and if there is anything else I can build for you

valueaddvc.com

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