Research
Short, sourced answers. Three are summaries of other people's published research. One is a report on Propel's own public event archive. Each page states the sample, the date and what it cannot show.
Propel Earth runs events and makes introductions, so it has a commercial interest in the topics below. We summarise other people's research; we did not run it, and nothing here shows that Propel causes any outcome.
- Where do venture capitalists say their deal flow comes from?: VC deal sourcing, survey of 885 investors (2015 to 2016)
- What event attendees say would make networking more useful: Freeman 2025 Networking Trends Report, 2,326 attendees
- A Swedish study linked professional-network measures with early sales growth: Löfsten, Isaksson and Rannikko: 241 Swedish technology firms
- What the public Propel event archive records: Propel's own calendar: 141 rooms, 2025-06-08 to 2026-10-22