Where Your Startup Is Most Likely To Survive
tl;dr: We find out where your startup is most likely to survive from round to round. In breaking news, it turns out there is more than one city in the United… Read Full Article
tl;dr: We find out where your startup is most likely to survive from round to round. In breaking news, it turns out there is more than one city in the United… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Last week, we looked at M&A activity at a global scale. Now we’re focusing on the US. Mergers and acquisitions are a hot topic. Getting acquired is the most… Read Full Article
tl;dr: We’re taking a look at the network of startup M&A around the world. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is an integral aspect of the startup ecosystem. It is one of two… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: It’s still a damn fine time to raise money. From a long bull market to a period of temporary fear earlier this year, it’s been fun to… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Fire up your Tardis, we’re going to 2009. Before you depart into this lovely August weekend, you and I have work to do. Today, we’re looking at a… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures and Brad Feld of Foundry Group join Jerry Colonna on the Reboot podcast to talk about the critical steps they’ve taken… Read Full Article
Well, it’s not called Bluepoint Ventures. From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures examines the slowing pace of new SaaS startup creation in “The Decline Of New SaaS Company Formation.”… Read Full Article
tl;dr: VC investment into US companies slowed in Q2, but the first half of the year posted some positive indicators. Instead of burying you under a pile of numbers this quarter,… Read Full Article
From the Investors Sammy Abdullah at DAN Fund publishes his internal data on valuations Series A startups are asking for in “Startups are asking for lower multiples, slightly“ Sam Altman… Read Full Article
TLDR: Dollar-denominated Series A rounds dipped in Q2. Regardless, Series A rounds remain strong on a historical basis. Raising a Series A round of capital is an important milestone for a… Read Full Article
From the Investors Primary Venture Partners releases their NYC Seed Deal Report for Q2 2016 and finds seed investing in NYC dropped more than 40% for Q2, on both a… Read Full Article
tl;dr: The number of VC firms with four or more portfolio companies that have raised more than $100 million has tripled in less than two years. In September of 2014, Mattermark… Read Full Article
From the Investors Glenn Solomon of GGV Capital evaluates why Twilio worked for Wall Street in today’s climate, what we can divine from its success, and what it means for… Read Full Article
From the Investors Malay Gandhi of Ensemble Labs believes health tech companies that want to be big will have to focus on making healthcare different, not just better in “Building… Read Full Article
From the Investors Semil Shah of Haystack Fund finds there’s a slight decrease in the number of experiments being funded and details five possible ripple effects in “Reflections On The… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures recaps the brief demo pitch Jeff Lawson of Twilio gave that led to an investment in “Best Seed Pitch Ever” “David… Read Full Article
From the Investors Aaron Harris of Y Combinator highlight the key motivations and structures of each of the types of investors you are likely to encounter in “Investors and Their… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Let’s make some numbers together. In the pre-Twilio era, only dogs were allowed to use telecom services. Twilio priced its IPO at $15 per share this evening, ahead of… 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 Dustin Rosen of Wonder VC outlines what to do when “seed” investors inevitably ask to see more traction in “Micro Traction” Brad Feld of Foundry Group guides… Read Full Article
From the Investors Hans Swildens and Kathleen Collins of Industry Ventures write about the falling mutual and hedge fund VC-related investment activity and what that means for the venture ecosystem… Read Full Article
From the Investors Seth Levine of Foundry Group announces that Foundry Group has achieved B corp certification and what that means for the fund in “Joining The B Team” James Riney… Read Full Article
From the Investors Steven Sinofsky of Andreessen Horowitz digs into the complexities of disruption, including its duration and impact in “Disruption’s Long, Slow, Complex Journey” Jenny Lefcourt of Freestyle chats… Read Full Article
tl;dr: The circus that is Donald Trump’s campaign for president finally wandered into our little domain, so let’s chat about it. We’ve discussed the state of the technology market all year.… Read Full Article