From the Investors Bharat Anant of DunRobin Ventures weighs risk and return to determine the sweet spot for venture investing in “Evaluating the Risk -Reward Relationship Across Funding Rounds” Leo Polovets… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Total venture activity is up so far 2016 compared to the start of 2015, not down as you might have thought. Following years of upward movement, the startup industry is currently… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures summarizes his discussions with over 100 LP firms that fund VCs in “What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for… Read Full Article
tl;dr: A slow IPO market and slipping sentiment among certain investors could put high-value private tech companies’ faces in a vice. There are more than 150 unicorns at the moment. Regardless of which data source… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Elman of Greylock Partners shares his thoughts on how founders should approach building on platforms and how they can get the most out of them on… Read Full Article
From the Investors Hunter Walk of Homebrew provides guidelines and a list of resources to help you build more diverse teams in “Diversity at Startups” Paige Craig of Arena Ventures… Read Full Article
tl;dr Looks like seed-stage investment is going strong. Dun dun dun! I’m surprised. It turns out that the number of seed stage rounds executed in 2015 went up compared to preceding… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Freelance journalist and editor Owen Thomas collects stories from the 2000-era tech bust. If you think that things are tough now, look back in time. This is nothing (so… Read Full Article
Today we release of the second annual Venture Capital & Startup Traction Report (40 slides) which is available for immediate download here. This report analyzes venture funding trends for US startups from 2006 to… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Trish Costello argues that gender balance in venture capital is bad, but changing. Here’s how she is working to change the venture industry. We all know the sorry state… Read Full Article
From the Investors Craig Shapiro of Collaborative Fund and Morgan Housel of Motley Fool agree that the most innovative businesses are sometimes built at times of need and on a shoestring… Read Full Article
From the Investors Nikhil Basu Trivedi of Shasta Ventures lends his thoughts on eight areas he’s looking at for new early-stage investments in “What’s Next? 8 Trends I’m Excited About”… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures talks about parallel market environments and how some spaces like food delivery evolve very differently across markets in “Food Delivery In Europe… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Well-known PR professional Ed Zitron has notes on how growing startups should approach public relations, what they should expect to pay, and what they should anticipate in return. Editor’s… Read Full Article
From the Investors The GSV Team unveiled their annual list of the most dynamic private companies with the potential to become $1 billion value companies. Investor sentiment ebbs and flows… Read Full Article
tl;dr: The market forecast is cloudy with a chance of horses. Recently on Mattermark we took a look at companies slouching towards the $1 billion valuation mark, but from the wrong… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Traditional lead scoring is inefficient in today’s economy. Dawn Poulos, VP of Marketing at Gliffy, has a few tips to help you boost your lead velocity rate. As a marketing executive at… Read Full Article
A strong pipeline is the key factor that separates good Sales Teams from great ones. If you have any doubt about this, just look at the rise of sales development… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mitch and Freada Kapor of Kapor Capital lay out how they built a VC firm intentionally focused on diversity and why it’s a win-win in “Dear Investors:… Read Full Article
tl;dr: What does the average Series A round in the world’s biggest economies say about their startup ecosystems? Most of us know some version of the story. On an October… Read Full Article
From the Investors Melissa Tilney of AgFunder releases the latest AgTech Investing Report for 2015, which shows investment in food and agriculture technology startups reaching a massive $4.6 billion in… Read Full Article
Aaron Ross (Predictable Revenue) and Jason Lemkin (SaaStr) have helped companies like Salesforce.com and EchoSign achieve record-breaking growth. In their new book, From Impossible to Inevitable, they team up to share… Read Full Article
From the Investors Heidi Roizen of DFJ gives founders advice for weathering the market downturn in “Dear Startups: Here’s How to Stay Alive” Doug Pepper of Shasta Ventures agrees that… Read Full Article
Today, 500 Startups hosts their Demo Day for Batch 15 in Mountain View. The companies will be pitching their products to an audience of VCs, Angel Investors, and decision makers at… Read Full Article