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: You’ve heard of corporate venture capital before, but did you know some funds are going small and close to the metal by targeting developers to build on their platforms?… 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: Most of the capital invested into unicorns and almost-unicorns is still waiting for its exit. And a surprisingly small number of investors have actually cashed in on their bets. Everyone… Read Full Article
tl;dr: IPO pricing is an art-science hybrid. Recent data is fuzzy, and experts stress the long-term over initial performance. But could you leave money on the table? IPOs receive a lot of emphasis… 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
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
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
Twilio opened at $23.99 today, 60 percent over its above-range $15 per-share price set following its roadshow. The telecom API provider raised $150 million selling 10 million shares, not including the potential… 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: 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 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 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 Hunter Walk of Homebrew provides guidelines and a list of resources to help you build more diverse teams in “Diversity at Startups” Paige Craig of Arena Ventures… Read Full Article
From the Investors Craig Shapiro of Collaborative Fund and Morgan Housel of Motley Fool agree that the most innovative businesses are sometimes built at times of need and on a shoestring… Read Full Article