Editor’s Morning Note: Following other recent technology IPOs, Coupa’s offering enjoys a big first day following its above-range debut. Breakfast of champions. After pricing its IPO at $18 per share, Coupa opened… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: The final month of the third quarter didn’t save the period from being a disappointment. Twice during the third quarter, Mattermark reported that venture capital activity into… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: After a rough 2015 and no better start to 2016, investors are finally warming back up to Box. Shockingly, finding interesting pictures of boxes leads to a… Read Full Article
From the Investors Maia Heymann and Ash Egan of Converge Venture Partners highlight early experimentation (consortium and blockchain-as-a-service options), plus the four items every corporate buyer should consider in “Blockchain… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Women venture capitalists may not be better than men directly, but their involvement is positive for the industry overall. Who’s better at investing in startups, women or men? Who… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Ding, dong, the third quarter is dead. Good morning and happy Monday. Ensconced as we are now in the fourth quarter, it’s the perfect moment to look… Read Full Article
Dreamforce is an annual conference that draws sales, marketing, and other business professionals from around the world to San Francisco. In 2015, Salesforce reported more than 160,000 registered attendees for… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Investor Anshu Sharma, now of Storm Ventures, reflects on cutting Nutanix an early angel check years ago. I am the luckiest guy in the world. I met Dheeraj (CEO) during… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Nutanix is now a public company. So far, its first day isn’t a disaster! It is not easy to find interesting images of containers. This morning, shares… Read Full Article
tl;dr: If you want meet other humans you should act like one. Sorry, Demerzel. When I was a younger, more positive person, before the eternal darkness of reality crept into… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Quick thoughts on the upcoming Nutanix IPO, and Twitter’s recent share-price rally. Nutanix is expected to go public tomorrow, an IPO that has been delayed since last… Read Full Article
tl;dr: We found out just how many startups raise (or don’t raise) their next round. Series F rounds are as rare as employed philosophy majors. We had a burning question: What’s… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: The end is nigh. Nigh as in March or April. The broken windshield is an analogy. Recently on Investors.com, an article detailed the views of analyst Trip Chowdhry… Read Full Article
From the Investors River Venture Partners highlights new developments and investment trends of the Dutch startup ecosystem in “State of the Dutch Tech Startup & VC Landscape” (slides) Ann Crady… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Oracle has big goals for cloud profitability. Are its aspirations too bold? When Oracle’s Mark Hurd suggested to Bloomberg his software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Microsoft announced that there are 400 million ‘active’ Windows 10 machines. Is that a lot? Is it not a lot? Is it very a lot or not… Read Full Article
From the Investors Judith Elsea of Weathergage Capital discusses the three things LPs want to see from VCs and why the table stakes for VCs is higher than ever in… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: We’re almost out of the IPO woods. That’s terrifying. If last week was IPO week, today kicks off its echo. Ahead on the public markets: Nutanix will… Read Full Article
Just a few years ago, on-demand companies like Uber, Luxe, Shyp, Instacart and others seemed to be popping up everywhere. Now, the on-demand economy has grown to attract 22.4 million… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Another big IPO pop makes tech two for two this week. What market uncertainty? So much for “shifting market conditions,” or “the public markets don’t understand our… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Venture investment into American startups during the third quarter looks very light. The third quarter isn’t over yet, and there is quite a lot of data yet… Read Full Article
tl;dr: “Artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” aren’t just airy industry buzzwords. The technology (and market impact) is very real. 2013’s Big Data is 2016’s Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: The American tech IPO window is wide open to healthy companies. Maybe that’s why there are so few offerings. After raising its IPO range from $14 to… Read Full Article
From the Investors Stuart Larkins and Ezra Galston of Chicago Ventures join Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures to uncover the key elements to a successful ecosystem and how to… Read Full Article