From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures uncovers some of the philosophies behind VC brand building and acknowledges that entrepreneurs are the real heroes who sacrifice and win… Read Full Article
Yesterday and today, Y Combinator’s Demo Day for the Summer 2016 batch is taking place at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The startups will pitch to an audience of Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors,… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Planning on taking your startup global? Before you book tickets to London, read this. Every technology entrepreneur aspires to build a company that dominates globally. It’s a given that once… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: It’s IPO time once again, this time with ad-tech shop The Trade Desk. The 2016 US tech IPO group will likely welcome a new member to its… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: 500 Startups’ Dave McClure’s thoughts on Unicorns vs. The World are worth a moment of our time. Happy Monday. I trust that you survived the weekend in… Read Full Article
tl;dr: When the current tough times are bad the future good times are great. Startups Uber and Airbnb, and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz have something in common: They were… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Notably, last year’s IPOs are still down a material chunk from their 52 week highs. Markets aren’t. What’s going on? Earlier this week, Mattermark published a dive… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Skok of Matrix Partners digs into benchmark data for sales development teams covering territories, ramp, retention, compensation, quota and more in “Bridge Group 2016 Sales Development… Read Full Article
tl;dr: By one metric, public investors are raising the value of recurring revenue. That means your startup is likely now worth more than it was. There There Be ARR. Box won’t… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Life is a highway. Unicorns are a highway without exits? A unicorn in alpha, not an alpha unicorn. Yesterday, Mattermark dug up the percentage of private investment into… Read Full Article
From the Investors Julie Ruvolo of AngelList interviews Gil Penchina and Shawn Merani of Flight.vc to uncover how they manage working with dozens of syndicates and thousands of backers in… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Most of the capital invested into unicorns and almost-unicorns is still waiting for its exit. And a surprisingly small number of investors have actually cashed in on their bets. Everyone… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: It’s the middle of the week, so strap on your snark pants. Today, we are taking three quick looks at topics pertinent to our continuing quest to… Read Full Article
tl;dr: IPO pricing is an art-science hybrid. Recent data is fuzzy, and experts stress the long-term over initial performance. But could you leave money on the table? IPOs receive a lot of emphasis… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: SaaS startup formation is down as costs rise and the easy stuff has already been done well. A few months back, Redpoint’s Tomasz Tunguz wrote a short piece… Read Full Article
From the Investors Dave Sheen of Primary Venture Partners examines the recent tear of acquisitions and sheds light on why it’s a positive indicator for the SaaS ecosystem in “The… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Market conditions are supposedly slowing the IPO market. That sounds like bullshit. The 2016 tech IPO crop is in the midst of an impressive debut. In fact, Mattermark… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Here are the investors with the deepest bench of successful exits, and it contains most of the usual suspects. Mergers, acquisitions and initial public offerings are the primary ways that… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures plots sales efficiency numbers across five verticals in the years leading up to their respective IPO in “What Does Sales Efficiency For… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Early third quarter venture capital activity looks light. Perhaps they are all on vacation. Live shot of a popular venture capital mid-summer coworking space. Nearly halfway through the third… Read Full Article
tl;dr: While big CRM players fight one another, younger players in the space are quickly staffing up and raising new capital. Customer relationship management software is a big business. Enterprise… Read Full Article
From the Investors Steve Jurvetson of DFJ shares a recap of the Nervana story, from his perspective, and explains why machine learning will be of fundamental importance to every business… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Here’s a primer on the language of venture capital. Previously in Mattermark, we published a Beginner’s Guide to VC. What we neglected to include was a dictionary of jargon that insiders… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: US 2016 tech IPOs are up an average of 89 percent from their IPO price, and 33 percent from their first-day close. Now that Talend has had… Read Full Article