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: Uber loses more money than we thought. Tragically, Uber’s UberLEGO push failed to final market traction. Earlier this year, reports surfaced that Uber, the popular on-demand car… 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
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
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
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
Following tales of certain doom the Nasdaq is up over a point today, pushing it comfortably above the 4,600 mark. Barring something tectonic, the short-term Brexit impact on American public tech companies… 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
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 Mark Cranney of Andreessen Horowitz discusses why putting in place a strong sales, forecasting, and deal qualification process is a must-have for successfully scaling your company in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Michael Cardamone of Acceleprise and Scott Salkin of Allbound chat about the scrappiness involved in getting your first customers and achieving $500K in ARR in “SaaS Founding… 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 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