From the Investors Sir Michael Moritz of Sequoia discusses his views on why there aren’t many women working at Venture Capital firms in “Looking for Women to be Partners” (video)… Read Full Article
From the Investors First Round Capital surveyed 500+ startup founders to see what keeps them up at night and how they see the market. Read the results in “State of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures dissects the enterprise value, revenue multiples and EBITDA margins of public ecommerce companies in “Here is Why Ecommerce Companies Aren’t Worth Very Much”… Read Full Article
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
From the Investors David Skok of Matrix Partners compares SaaS application delivery methods, operations costs and gross margins, contract terms, churn rates and more in “2015 Pacific Crest SaaS Survey… Read Full Article
From the Investors Michael Moe, Deborah Quazzo, and Nick Franco of GSV offer an aspirational vision for how to address society’s greatest challenge in a comprehensive white paper exploring the… Read Full Article
An Antidote for the Lack of Diversity in Tech… (read more) and other results from the Quire + Mattermark 2015 Startup Investing Survey We partnered with Quire last month to conduct the 2015… Read Full Article
This edition is guest curated by Li Jiang, Vice President at GSV, where he primarily focuses on investment opportunities. Mattermark Lists The Top 100 Internet Of Things Startups For 2015… Read Full Article
From the Investors Alex Iskold of Techstars reflects on how he evaluated Tutum before investing and the characteristics they have that led to being acquired in “Docker Buys Tutm: What… Read Full Article
Software Eats Healthcare, For Dummies Guest post by Alex Danco, Head of Operations for Sharethebus. One day, software will have eaten healthcare. That day has not come yet, but it will.… Read Full Article
From the Investors Teresa Wang and Malay Gandhi of Rock Health release a report on the B2C healthcare market that analyzes survey results from 4,000+ respondents in “Digital Health Consumer… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures releases 24 slides that look at the 2016 Venture Capital horizon with a sense of mourning for the ‘days of rational behavior’… Read Full Article