From the Investors Bruce Booth of Atlas Venture provides his thoughts on the ‘therapeutic-directed venture capital’ investments from Biotechnology Industry Organization’s VC study in “Where Does All That Biotech Venture… Read Full Article
From the Investors Alexa Lee of StartX showcases 22 recent StartX graduates and portfolio performance metrics since 2010 in “StartX Demo Day Fall 2014 – Achieving Growth & Maturity“ Patrick… Read Full Article
MATTERMARK ANALYSIS Startup Funding Report: Historical Analysis 2005 -2014 This report provides a data-driven exploration of startup funding in the United States over the past ten years. Read More >> From… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tien Anh Nguyen and Arsham Memarzadeh of OpenView Venture Partners analyze the metrics of mobile product strategies, classify mobile B2B companies, measure mobile product growth, and more… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brad Feld of Foundry Group explains the multiple ways to calculate if a startup’s growth and profit ‘add up to 40%’ in “The Rule of 40% for… Read Full Article
From the Investors Neeraj Agrawal of Battery Ventures details what he believes are the seven key phases in SaaS companies’ go-to-market success to reach $100M in revenue in “The SaaS… Read Full Article
From the Investors Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz explains how PCs, clocks, radios, cameras, etc., are being subsumed by smartphones and Internet of Things devices in “The Home and the… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Cohen of Techstars announces a new Seed and Series A fund to invest in companies emerging from the Techstars ecosystem in “Techstars Ventures Raises New $150M… Read Full Article
MATTERMARK ANALYSIS While the Pace of Series B Investment Stabilized in 2014, Capital Concentration (and Valuations) Are Still Going Up Visualizing the pace of funding, average, and median sizes of Series… Read Full Article
Mattermark Analysis For Seed Stage Startups, It’s Hire or Die Visualizing the Series A pipeline to fully understand the correct level of urgency around recruiting for seed stage startups +… Read Full Article
From the Investors The Andreessen Horowitz Partners share their perspectives on specific market categories and trends they have been ‘observing or thinking about’ in “16 Things“ Joel Monegro of Union… Read Full Article
From the Investors Hunter Walk of Homebrew compares individual investors who deliver value to startups in ‘notably different ways’ vs. investors that erode value in “The 10x Angel. The 0x… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Cohen of Techstars and Angel Investor William Mougayar details multiple industries that could potentially be built on and expanded with blockchain technology in “After the Social… Read Full Article
From the Investors Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz provides historical references of assumptions and trade-offs mobile device makers have made over time in “Mobile Platforms and Technical Debt“ Tomasz Tunguz… Read Full Article
From the Investors Sam Altman of Y Combinator details the seven policy changes he believes will help drive economic growth in “Policy for Growth and Innovation“ Aydin Senkut of Felicis… Read Full Article
From the Investors Duncan Davidson of Bullpen Capital expands on Mattermark CEO Danielle Morrill’s post that notes a drop in seed financing deals, but overall rise in funding amounts in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Thorsten Claus of New World Capital details how his ‘VC Watchlist’ of 57 VCs helps him evaluate and understand investing trends and valuations in “Why I Am… Read Full Article
From the Investors Arsham Memarzadeh of OpenView Partners finds that on average, founders have 15% equity ownership of their company post-IPO, two founders ‘are better than one’ and more metrics… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures applauds Intel’s $300M fund to improve diversity and urges people to ‘find, fund, and support’ organizations increasing diversity in “Some Thoughts… Read Full Article
Kevin Kelleher and Michael Carney of PandoDaily cite data from Mattermark and Renaissance Capital, finding ‘the number of private finance rounds reached or surpassed $100 million more than doubled last… Read Full Article
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From Our Community Alison Wagonfield of Emergence Capital looks forward to the next year with an opportunity to invest in the next great enterprise companies in “The Enterprise in 2015“… Read Full Article
Mattermark CEO Danielle Morrill tells her side of the journey of Mattermark starting as a blog post about zombie VCs, in the wake of Referly shutting down, to raising a… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jess Erickson of 500 Startups announces 500 Startups’ efforts to bolster the tech landscape of the Middle East and North Africa region with capital, mentors and more… Read Full Article