tl;dr: Google has acquired Eyefluence, which has developed a suite of eyeball-sensing technologies for AR and VR, for an undisclosed sum. Today, Eyefluence quietly announced on its website that it… Read Full Article
tl;dr: If you have to write down nearly all the cost of a three-comma acquisition, was it just a very expensive acquihire? Shares of Yahoo are trading higher today, following… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Tired of being the only person on the couch who doesn’t understand the jokes in Silicon Valley? We’ve got you covered. The venture capital industry is opaque. Despite the… Read Full Article
From the Investors Seth Levine of Foundry Group expands on why angel investors need to do a better job aligning their outcomes with that of the companies in which they… Read Full Article
From the Investors Bharat Anant of DunRobin Ventures weighs risk and return to determine the sweet spot for venture investing in “Evaluating the Risk -Reward Relationship Across Funding Rounds” Leo Polovets… Read Full Article
Today we release of the second annual Venture Capital & Startup Traction Report (40 slides) which is available for immediate download here. This report analyzes venture funding trends for US startups from 2006 to… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures talks about parallel market environments and how some spaces like food delivery evolve very differently across markets in “Food Delivery In Europe… Read Full Article
Aaron Ross (Predictable Revenue) and Jason Lemkin (SaaStr) have helped companies like Salesforce.com and EchoSign achieve record-breaking growth. In their new book, From Impossible to Inevitable, they team up to share… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Skok of Matrix Partners offers a detailed theory behind the LTV model, a spreadsheet to calculate your own LTV, and a summary of Discounted Future Cash… Read Full Article
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 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 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
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
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 David Teten of ff Venture Capital summarizes the steps to make a financial model easier for people to read, understand, and invest in your business in “18… Read Full Article
From the Investors Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz shares his views on VC, startups, and the future – in detail – with Tad Friend of The New Yorker in “Tomorrow’s… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jessica Livingston of Y Combinator opens up about how she shaped the community and culture of Y Combinator for the past 10 years in “The Social Radar:… Read Full Article
From the Investors Angel Investor Paul Arnold for First Round Review offers his advice for how founders can work with their investors to make deals happen, build a team, and… Read Full Article
From the Investors First Round Capital releases their annual portfolio music video featuring parodies of music videos by Taylor Swift, Pharrell, Sam Smith and more in “All About Burn Rate“… Read Full Article
From the Investors Justin Kan of Y Combinator reviews how to value your company, raise interest from buyers and navigate the acquisition process in “The Founder’s Guide to Selling Your Company“ Mark… Read Full Article
It’s all over the news, Yahoo! is in talks to acquire Tumblr. The popular blogging platform, which was founded in New York in 2007, has just a few months of… Read Full Article
In an email sent to users today Clipboard, a service similar to Pinterest for organizing links and bookmarks across the web, the company announced they have been acquired by Saleforce… Read Full Article