From the Investors Bill Maris of Google Ventures adds context to recent his comments in a New York Times article about Secret shutting down and how the founders sold shares… Read Full Article
From the Investors Angel Investor Andrew Chen calls for an end of the term ‘unicorn’ and urges founders to build long-lasting companies ‘where wealth creation is a side effect of… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Teten of ff Venture Capital presents his slideshow of research on the ways large corporations can identify the ‘next generation of disruptive companies’ in “How Large… Read Full Article
General & Administrative Welcome to G&A, a newsletter produced by the people who lovingly bring you first-person accounts of entrepreneurship, investment and insights from the startup ecosystem in The Mattermark… Read Full Article
From the Investors Christoph Janz of Point Nine Capital outlines – in detail – the top six data points he recommends founders have prepared before raising a Series A or… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jessica Livingston of Y Combinator guides founders around the traps she has observed they fall into ‘soon after fundraising’ in “Subtle Mid-Stage Startup Pitfalls” Kevin Colleran and… Read Full Article
From the Investors Sam Altman of Y Combinator offers 36 pieces of advice he’s learned over time in “The Days Are Long But The Decades Are Short” Rob Go of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Glenn Solomon of GGV Capital advises founders to raise cash when possible, but to have a plan to ‘live off the current round if the market turns… Read Full Article
From the Investors First Round Capital adds the ability for any startup team to submit a fundraising application on their site to be reviewed by a General Partner in “Introducing the… Read Full Article
From the Investors Scott Maxwell of OpenView Venture Partners reflects on the history of ‘value-add’ in Venture Capital and why he thinks focus is ‘the real differentiator’ in “The Truth… Read Full Article
From the Investors Hunter Walk and Satya Patel of Homebrew share their details of Shyp’s Series B, LA launch, John Doerr joining the Board, and ‘what it generally means for startups’ in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures highlights the Q4 MoneyTree report and believes the top end of the market is ‘kind of like the entire economy’ in “The Rich… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jeff Bussgang of Flybridge Capital and Brad Feld of Foundry Group announce the Global EIR Coalition, a non-profit to help states implement a model for companies to partner with… Read Full Article
From the Investors Connie Loizos of Strictly VC and Peter Denious of FLAG Capital Management discuss his ‘observations and concerns about the current state of the venture industry’ in “Big-League LP:… Read Full Article
From the Investors Riku Seppala of Open Ocean Capital analyzes the business traits of twenty-five ‘B2B Unicorns’ and highlights three ‘essential characteristics’ in “Characteristics of B2B Unicorn Ideas“ Leo… Read Full Article
Q1 2015 U.S. Startup Funding Analysis Get our free report summarizing startup investment activity and trends comparing Q1 2014 and Q1 2015. See how deal volume, capital allocation, and stage… Read Full Article
Mattermark Now Displays Exit Data Dealmakers predict company trajectories and how potential investments reach liquidity to evaluate potential investments. With that in mind, we are excited to announce updated exit… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tod Francis and Nikhil Basu Trivedi of Shasta Ventures research the key traits of 25 billion dollar companies and conclude that ‘big ideas are often not obvious… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital vents his concerns for ‘low frequency trading’ of high valuation private companies in “The Private IPO Phenomenon” Om Malik of True… Read Full Article
From the Investors Hunter Walk of Homebrew responds to Matt Turck of FirstMark Capital’spost about ‘Straight to A’ rounds with his own observations of this trend in “What’s a Seed… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Felser of Freestyle VC looks back on the entrepreneurial experiences of his investment Partners, announces the Freestyle Fund III, and serial entrepreneur Jenny Lefcourt joining as… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brad Feld of Foundry Group opens up about some of the mental challenges he’s gone through and how he deals with the ‘demons’ he faces every day… Read Full Article
From the Investors Angel Investor Fabrice Grinda provides his in-depth analysis of the seed stage investing environment and concludes, ‘we are not in a bubble’ in “2015 Venture Investing Update”… Read Full Article
From the Investors Charlie O’Donnell of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures predicts future economic conditions will have a ‘long period of market stagnation at the top end’ and details what that could… Read Full Article