From the Investors Brian Feinstein of Bessemer Venture Partners guides founders to get the most out of venture debt in “Ten Questions Every Founder Should Ask Before Raising Venture Debt”… Read Full Article
From the Investors Edith Yeung of 500 Startups defines the ‘MOAARRR’ metrics and presents guidelines for developing a mobile growth strategy in “Startup Metrics for Mobile Pirates #MOAARRR” (slides) Erin… Read Full Article
From the Investors Bill Gurley of Benchmark argues that tech startups are overvalued, profits are underrated, and a bust is coming in “VC Bill Gurley Tries to Bust the Bubble”… Read Full Article
With Mattermark, you can sort through over 1.4 million privately owned companies based on location, total funding, industry, employee growth month over month, total employees, Growth Score, Mindshare Score, and much… Read Full Article
This is a guest post by Robert Seo, Cofounder and CEO of Slidejoy, the Android app that replaces your lockscreen with trending news and ads and actually pays you for… Read Full Article
From the Investors Nicole Irvin, Scott Kupor, and Stephen McDermid of Andreessen Horowitz discuss how to compare private vs. public valuations, investors and Square’s IPO in “a16z Podcast: On Recent IPOs… Read Full Article
What’s New in Mattermark This Week Upgraded Salesforce Bulk Sync Integration Our Salesforce integration takes only a few minutes and couple mouse clicks: no IT support needed. Please note that some… Read Full Article
These days you hear young people humming in excitement about their new startups, and already established companies are making it even bigger. It’s a good time to be an entrepreneur,… Read Full Article
From the Investors Vijay Pande of Andreessen Horowitz announces a new $200M fund focused on the intersection of computer and life sciences called AH Bio Fund in “When Software Eats… Read Full Article
Yesterday, Kerry Close of Inc.com published a list of 15 high-growth companies ‘that have the potential to turn heads well into 2016 and beyond”. These companies offer a range of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures breaks down Match Group’s S-1 to surface metrics and takeaways for the broader online dating space in “Will Match Group’s Upcoming IPO… Read Full Article
Released Mattermark Chrome Extension 1.1 Based on customer feedback, we’ve made amazing improvements to our powerful Chrome Extension. With the new version, you can: Interactive Growth Score & Employee Count… Read Full Article
This edition is lovingly curated by Kanyi Maqubela, Partner at Collaborative Fund, an early stage investment firm focused on mission-driven technology businesses, headquartered in New York City. From the Investors Nick… Read Full Article
Today, Acceleprise SF hosts their Demo Day for Cohort 3 in San Francisco. The SaaS accelerator in SF, Acceleprise provides early stage B2B companies access to a 4 month program where they’re supported… Read Full Article
From the Investors Venture Capitalist, Gil Dibner publishes a 13-slide data-driven presentation that details the Nordic investing environment in “A Few Data Points on Nordic VC” (SlideShare) Tomasz Tunguz of… Read Full Article
One of the newest buzzwords floating around in the VC ecosystem and the financial services industry is “Fintech”. A word that means different things to different people. The old definition of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures uses data to back his expectation that 2016 will be healthy for software IPOs and exits in “2015 Software Startup IPOs and… Read Full Article
iOS 9 Spotlight Search Integration Now you can use iOS 9’s native search feature to find Mattermark search results. Simply type a company or investor name into the search bar… Read Full Article
From the Investors Sam Altman of Y Combinator explains that to have a successful startup, you need: a great idea, a great market, a great team, a great product, and… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures and Harry Stebbings of Twenty Minute VC discuss how Mark became an entrepreneur then a VC, his investment style, how founders determine… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures looks at the operating metrics, KPIs, and valuation of HelloFresh in “HelloFresh’s IPO By the Numbers (And What It Means for Other… Read Full Article
From the Investors Roger Lee and Deepak Ravichandran of Battery Ventures takeaways, and clearly shows the late stage market is overvalued and returns are decreasing in “A Bubble Late-Stage Market?… Read Full Article
Search for Investor Portfolio Data on Mobile (FREE) Access data about investors while you’re on the go. With this update to Mattermark for iOS, you can quickly understand the industries, types… Read Full Article
Today, 500 Startups hosts their Demo Day for Batch 14 in Mountain View. The companies will be pitching their products to an audience of VCs, Angel Investors, and decision makers… Read Full Article