wang502/slack-vc

:angel: Slack integration to look up famous venture capital's portfolios and articles. Built for startup enthusiasts!

#Slack-VC Slack-VC is a Slack integration to look up famous Venture Capital's portfolio list. It's built for startup enthusiasts! 😇

Coverage

Currently, the VCs supported and corresponding commands:

• a16z (a16z)
• Founders Fund (ff)
• Google Ventures (gv)
• GreyLock Partners (greylock)
• Khosla Ventures (khosla)
• Sequoia Capital (sequoia)
• KPCB (kpcb)

Integrate with your Slack

1. Go to one of your Slack channel.
2. Click the Channel Settings.
3. In the settings menu, click the Add an app or integration.
4. In the top menu bar, click Manage, then click the Custom Integrations on the left menu bar.
5. Click Slash Commands.
6. Click Add Configuration.

• Command: /vc
• URL: https://slack-vc.herokuapp.com/
• Method: POST
• In the Autocomplete help text section, check to allow autocomplete.
  • Description: VC's portfolio list, articles is in Slack now!
  • Usage hint: [VC name + Space + Option]

7. All set!

Usage

After adding Slack-VC integration to your team, within any channel of your team,

• To look up portfolio, in your input box, simply type /vc [VC name + space + p]
  • For example: /vc a16z p
• To look up a company's backed investors, simply type /vc [company name + space + i]
  • For example: /vc instagram i

To test on your machine

• Clone the repo.

$git clone https://github.com/wang502/slack-vc
$cd slack-vc`
$pip install -r requirement.txt
$python app.py

• Server is up and running locally, open another terminal.

$curl --data "text=iconfinder i" http://0.0.0.0:5000/

• You will see the message returned.

slack-vc's Issues

/vc investors in *company_name*

Another great command IMO would be to be able to look up the investors in a given company, eg

/vc investors in uber