Mattermark Daily – Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
From the Investors Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital walks through why “picking” is a critical skill not only for VCs, but for founders as well in “The Best VCs… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital walks through why “picking” is a critical skill not only for VCs, but for founders as well in “The Best VCs… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jason Calacanis of LAUNCH talks about the new rules for aspiring unicorns and shares some practical “do’s and dont’s” in “Lions & Lambs in the ‘Post Unicorn’… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brad Feld of Foundry Group shares a full review of what Techstars is and what they are doing, from their expansion to an overview of their portfolio,… Read Full Article
From the Investors Amit Mukherjee of New Enterprise Associates discusses what makes the Series A unique and how deal competitiveness and risk play a factor in round size in “What… Read Full Article
From the Investors Dan Kurani of Foundermark introduces a new venture development firm and discusses the opportunities available in focusing on the creation of digital products in “Together We Go… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Cummings of Atlanta Ventures highlights nine SaaS IPOs and the Founder/CEO equity percentage at time of filing in “SaaS Founder/CEO Equity at Time of IPO” Shai… Read Full Article
From the Investors Amit Mukherjee of NEA takes a closer look at the state of the tech financing market at the end of Q1 using data as well as his… Read Full Article
From the Investors Andrew Schoen and Harry Weller of New Enterprise Associates write about the impending advent of quantum computers and its potential for VC investment in “Quantum Computing: Time… Read Full Article
From the Investors Carl Fritjofsson of 500 Startups offers a guide to breaking down your “revenue” so it actually means something in “How to Talk About Revenue — What VCs… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures highlights the increasing importance of customer success to company revenue as a SaaS company matures in “The Strategic Shift In Revenue For… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures talks about common mistakes and errors in judgment that investors and entrepreneurs make in “Silicon Valley’s Logical Fallacies And How To Avoid… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures concludes that the Series B will likely be the most challenging round to raise in the beginning of this year in “What’s… 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
From the Investors Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures summarizes his discussions with over 100 LP firms that fund VCs in “What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Elman of Greylock Partners shares his thoughts on how founders should approach building on platforms and how they can get the most out of them on… 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 Nikhil Basu Trivedi of Shasta Ventures lends his thoughts on eight areas he’s looking at for new early-stage investments in “What’s Next? 8 Trends I’m Excited About”… 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
From the Investors Archit Bise of Redpoint Ventures explains how every market in the world has cycles of highs and lows, including venture investing, in “The Patterson Cycle” Shai Goldman… Read Full Article
From the Investors Greg Beaufait of Dundee Venture Capital attributes 90% of last year’s blog traffic to the Mattermark Daily for context of the power of distribution channels in “Distribution… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Skok of Matrix Partners compares SaaS application delivery methods, operations costs and gross margins, contract terms, churn rates and more in “2015 Pacific Crest SaaS Survey… Read Full Article
From the Investors Michael Moe, Deborah Quazzo, and Nick Franco of GSV offer an aspirational vision for how to address society’s greatest challenge in a comprehensive white paper exploring the… 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
This edition is guest curated by Li Jiang, Vice President at GSV, where he primarily focuses on investment opportunities. Mattermark Lists The Top 100 Internet Of Things Startups For 2015… Read Full Article