Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
UV
Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"An alternative to dropbox"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

A perfect platform for collaboration. If I send a document to a founder and the partner wants to weigh in, they can see all the activity with just the same shared link, with no email forwarding. I like how simple it is to use and they kept all the advanced features to the setting page and only the frequently used up on the dashboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

Not much, but better version control and notifications would make the entire tool more useful. Only the only to keep track of the document tractions is from the dashboard and the notifications only informs the document has a view from the email address, nothing more than that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Iuliia Shnai of Papermark Virtual Data Room

No email forwarding, no confusion over who saw what — just one link that keeps everyone on the same page. Really glad that's working smoothly for your founder and partner workflows in Papermark.

A viewed ping with just an email address is not enough context and we agree. Richer notifications and better version control are both actively being worked on.

Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
UV
Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The best open-source document sharing tool"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

Papermark is open source and I like to use open-source tools whenever possible. The team actively support the open source initiatives and it is very rare for such a VC tool to be open source. It allows us to hosting inside our firm’s domain using the custom domain features with our branding options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

The only thing I dislike about Papermark is the notifications. The email notifications are too basic. The tool needs login every time to view the dashboard for little context about the visitor but the primary dashboard has multiple visitor tracking information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Iuliia Shnai of Papermark Virtual Data Room

Hi ! Thanks so much for the positive review and excited to see open source fan here. As we constantly trying to improve our product, I was wondering what would you add in email with notifications. Which informations we should add, so it would be easier to see the context on tracking?

We also at the moment work on ability to directly integrate slack to receive notifications there.

Verified User in Investment Management
UI
Verified User in Investment Management
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Papermark is a great tool for deal flow management"
4/5
What do you like best about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

We used to lose track of pitch decks in email threads. As a junior, my job is to keep sourcing deals and outreach documents to our founders. Papermark has become a part of how we manage deal flow and file sharing. Now all our documents are traceable and has simple revoke controls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

I would like to see more integrations with other deck tools and data room features, like with Notion. The email logins should be changed, it is great for SSO but it should have password logging regular operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Iuliia Shnai of Papermark Virtual Data Room

Losing pitch decks in email threads is exactly the problem Papermark was built to solve, really glad it's become part of your deal flow and outreach process.

Password-based login alongside SSO is a fair ask and something we're looking at. More integrations beyond Notion are also coming. Keep an eye out.

Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
UV
Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Papermark, the ops tool you never knew you needed"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

We manage both our internal documents we create and the deal flow pitch from the founders using Papermark. There is a strong folder system and has multiple permission access control, so it works well for both managing the documents in the cloud and sharing the documents securely for the intended recipient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

When handling both internal firm documents and deal flow, it is easily getting pile up, for links to get out of hand without grouping options. The tag functions which Papermark recently released helps but I sometimes wish there were more extensive grouping options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Iuliia Shnai of Papermark Virtual Data Room

Thank you for this! Using Papermark for both internal docs and deal flow in one place with layered permission control is exactly the kind of dual workflow we want to support well.

The link organisation point is fair. Papermark's tag feature was a first step but we know it's not enough when things pile up at scale. More extensive grouping options are on our radar and your feedback is a good push to move faster on that.

Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
UV
Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great platform for venture doing due diligence"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

Papermark keeps our entire due diligence on cloud and the access controls keeps the portfolio proprietary information secure throughout our evaluation process. Receiving due diligence process was chaotic with documents via email and its constant needs for version updates, but Papermark seamlessly keeps everything on links. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

The platform is great with just some minor performance bugs. The document upload sometimes become non responsive when uploading multiple documents, the issue happens on Firefox. The page becomes stuck and needs a refresh for us to resume work, but it does not occur frequently so that is manageable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Iuliia Shnai of Papermark Virtual Data Room

Chaotic email threads with constant version requests during due diligence is something a lot of VCs tell us about. Really glad Papermark has brought some order to that process for your team.

The Firefox upload freeze is an issue we've been working since your review, let us know directly if you are still facing it.

Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
UV
Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Papermark is an all in one tool for ventures"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

I support the investment team with due diligence package which involves large number of files and Papermark helps me manage all that in the same place. We upload videos from the founder interviews and also have the investment memo on the notion page with our firm brand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

The tool has all the much needed features and has good interface but is a little slow when loading, it is a minor issue but can be a problem when you are regularly working with large file size. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Iuliia Shnai of Papermark Virtual Data Room

Thank you for highlighting Papermark's features for ventures. As a small team, we appreciate your feedback on loading speed, we are on it!

Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
UV
Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Finally a tool that solves our version control"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

Papermark makes version control a non issue, a thing of the past. Since I handle documents with data, it is constantly changing so I end up with multiple versions of the same file from our portfolio companies. Now it is just a single link with the most recent data changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

Nothing to complain, Papermark is a great tool and I like to see better API access which slows me down when I work with multiple teams files at the same time and each requiring new updated doc version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Iuliia Shnai of Papermark Virtual Data Room

Thank you for highlighting Papermark's version control feature, we really put a lot of thought into it. We'll try to provide better API access in the near future.

Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
UV
Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best real time tracking tool for VCs"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

Papermark tracking data gives me the actual behavioural habits of how our LPs are engaging with portfolio companies and our materials. The page wise engagement data from LPs and co investors let us guide partners and help us to build reports for our IR team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

It has great page tracking but there is still room for better analytics, it provides a crisp summary but we need more advanced tracking information. New features can be introduced, especially for building patterns across multiple decks as comparison, like to rate all the decks based on their viewing behaviours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Iuliia Shnai of Papermark Virtual Data Room

Thank you for this! Using Papermark's page-level data to understand LP behavioural patterns and build IR reports is exactly the depth we want teams to get out of the analytics.

Cross-deck comparison and pattern tracking across multiple documents is a genuinely interesting direction and further than where Papermark is today. It's the kind of feature that would make a real difference for IR teams specifically and it's on our radar.

Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
UV
Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Simplifies portfolio management and makes it trackable"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

Papermark is my go-to tool for staying up to date with our portfolio teams. We use it to share industry templates, company materials, and venture documents for its tracking and access control. I like how we can see who viewed what and when, which is a lifesaver when juggling updates across multiple startups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

Everyone has the same viewing experience other than the brand customising nothing changes. It would be great for pitch deck, which we expect it to stay in a standard format but when using for other cases it needs more. I hope the Papermark team create the viewing more customizable in terms of interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Iuliia Shnai of Papermark Virtual Data Room

Juggling updates across multiple startups and knowing exactly who viewed what and when is where Papermark really earns its place, glad it's become your go-to for portfolio management.

More control over the viewing experience beyond branding is something we hear and it's a fair push. A pitch deck and an industry template don't need to look the same and Papermark should give you that flexibility. It's on our roadmap.

Verified User in Investment Management
UI
Verified User in Investment Management
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Smart deal sourcing tool that actually works well"
4/5
What do you like best about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

Everything lives in one place as trackable links, not like scattered PDF across platforms and on firm pc. The detailed engagement analytics is my favourite feature of Papermark, it keeps the comment and tracks activities in real time. I never searched for an email thread after switching to Papermark. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Papermark Virtual Data Room?

I wish there were more filtering system for documents, once your room holds few dozen documents this becomes a must needs feature. Also, few of our recipients told us that the Papermark document link when embedded in email text, triggers spam and lands the mail to the spam folder. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Iuliia Shnai of Papermark Virtual Data Room

"I never searched for an email thread after switching to Papermark" — this is exactly why we built it. Really means a lot.

Two things we're on:

→ Spam triggering on embedded links is a deliverability issue we're actively fixing. It's not acceptable.

→ Advanced filtering for larger rooms is in the works. A few dozen docs without proper filters is painful and we know it.