Introducing Investors in Mattermark for iOS We’re excited to announce that you can now look up and learn about startup investors using the free Mattermark for iOS. Download Mattermark for iOS Now! (It’s… Read Full Article
From the Investors Chamath Palihapitiya of Social Capital, Ali Rowghani of Y Combinator, and Lauren Gross of Founders Fund discuss a wide-range of topics with Jessica Lessin at The Information’s… Read Full Article
From the Investors Manu Kumar of K9 Ventures declares that the maximum amount of dollars are entering the Venture Capital industry and explains why in “#PeakVC” AngelList announces that CSC… Read Full Article
From the Investors Ali Hamed of CoVenture explains the danger of asset backed securities in “Why Alternative Lending Platforms Should Not Own the Loans They Originate” Kara Nortman of Upfront… Read Full Article
From the Investors Sam Altman of Y Combinator launches YC Research, a non-profit research lab to back ideas that may take 25 years to come to fruition in “YC Research”… Read Full Article
From the Investors Chamath Palihapitiya of SocialCapital claims that Sand Hill Road needs a wake up call and reveals VC diversity metrics (spreadsheet) in “Bros Funding Bros: What’s Wrong with… Read Full Article
Mattermark’s Q3 2015 US Startup Funding Report (read more) Each quarter, the analyst team at Mattermark puts together a summary of the past 3 months of deal activity in the… Read Full Article
What happens when you Mattermark the Pioneer 250? Last week, we came across Li Jiang’s thoughtful piece (“Global Silicon Valley Pioneer 250”) about the next 250 unicorn companies. In it,… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures suggests a tax policy he believes will create a stronger workforce and more innovative society in “Trickle Up Economics” Mahesh Vellanki… Read Full Article
The 40 Fastest Growing Startups, Revisited – and 42 More Today, we revisited the previous list of companies we identified as the fast growing startups poised to raise funding, in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Alan Patricof of Greycroft Partners reflects on his 45 years in venture capital and reveals how his optimistic outlook keeps him motivated every day in “I’m 80… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jay Acunzo of NextView Ventures and Danielle Morrill, co-founder and CEO of Mattermark, discuss her company’s origin story, including how they created an addicting, ubiquitous newsletter read… Read Full Article
From the Investors M.G. Siegler of Google Ventures adds his thoughts to the growing conversation around ad-blockers and whether they are good or bad for advertisers, content producers, and consumers… Read Full Article
From the Investors Bryan Johnson of OS Fund encourages other science-focused funds to share their thoughts and methodologies in response to unveiling his team’s investment model in “The OSF Playbook:… Read Full Article
From the Investors Bill Gurley of Benchmark chats with Emily Chang of Bloomberg West about how ‘funnel reversal’ is impacting marketers, the future of the unicorn market, and more in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tod Francis of Shasta Ventures surfaces the key traits of 25, billion dollar companies and conclude that ‘big ideas are often not obvious at the Series A… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures identifies and discusses the key problems and trends of the education industry and what the future of education might look like in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Chris Quintero of Bolt VC puts together a breakdown of hardware startup investments and investors in “Who Invests in Hardware Startups?” Jason Lemkin of Storm Ventures examines… Read Full Article
The First 10 Startups at Techstars Mobility – Demo Day 2015 (read more) Today, Techstars Mobility hosted their first Demo Day, the 2015 class, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jeff Bussgang, VC and Harvard Business School professor, will lead an ‘HBS classroom’ style discussion at INBOUND 2015 of the Mattermark case, covering issues of startup strategy,… Read Full Article
With Record Number of Seed Funded Startups in the Funnel, Competition for Series A Deals Is Fierce (read more) The debate of whether there is a “Series A Crunch” seems to… Read Full Article
Introducing the Mattermark Private Venture Funding Index (read more) Yesterday, we spoke with Emily Chang at Bloomberg West about the impact of public stock market volatility on the financing options and liquidity for… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures talks about the benefits of going public and discusses the step-by-step process required to actually go public in “The Key Advantages to… Read Full Article
From the Investors Paul Graham of Y Combinator encourages founders to be as nice as they want, so long as they work hard on their growth rate to compensate in… Read Full Article