tl;dr: It is early. Good morning, fellow nerds. It’s coffee time here on the West Coast, but don’t worry about an empty pot. Your developers are probably just now arriving… Read Full Article
Welcome to the first Mattermark Editor’s Note, a mostly-regular morning brief highlighting trends and notes that do not quite fit into a tweet, but also don’t require a full post of their own… 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
tl;dr: Panic! Just kidding, don’t. The venture capital slowdown is here. As Mattermark reported over the weekend, venture dollars are finally trending down after a flat first quarter. What’s going… Read Full Article
tl;dr: LinkedIn posted strong earnings and solid forward guidance. Investors still value it far below its late 2015 heights. LinkedIn reported its first quarter financial performance today, a key moment for… Read Full Article
tl;dr: The Mattermark editorial team is hiring a data-driven journalist who thinks that startups, markets, and venture capital are cool. I’m damn excited to announce that the Mattermark editorial team… Read Full Article
tl;dr: If you cut the price and number of shares you want to sell, you too can go public! SecureWorks went public today, marking the first US tech IPO of… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Yahoo’s bets on mobile, video, native and social aren’t enough to plug the leaks in its traditional businesses. Yahoo, mired in palace intrigue regarding a potential reverse spin-off of its core… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Calm down, the United States venture capital industry didn’t implode in the first quarter. Getting the pulse of venture capital in the United States can be tricky. When the first… Read Full Article
tl;dr: If I didn’t pay my rent, I too could be profitable. According to a recent Bloomberg story, Uber earns an average of $0.19 per ride in North America when… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Two rich people once bet one another on how fast one of them will get richer. Mattermark checked in on the progress of the wager. Editor’s note: Given the sheer number… Read Full Article
tl;dr: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The 2016 tech market is a confusing place. Public tech stocks took a beating early in the… Read Full Article
tl;dr: By hook or by crowbar, SecureWorks wants to open the IPO window. Or go splat against it. We’ll see. Pictured above: A local technology executive who needs more money. The IPO… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Read the darn thing. I often reach out to venture capitalists to get their take on the current state of the market, what they are excited about, and what is… Read Full Article
tl;dr: What correction? Bitcoin startups just had their second best fundraising quarter in years. Following a surprisingly anemic fourth quarter, investment into bitcoin-related startups has rebounded. According to CoinDesk’s running tally of… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Just because you can discount a cost doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Before we dive into a long look at the first quarter of the year and all its… Read Full Article
tl;dr: 2015’s tech IPOs are nearly back to where they started. That’s a big improvement. 2015’s technology IPOs took a beating early this year. In the opening months of 2016,… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Money is good. Here’s where to get some more. DoorDash picked up a massive $127 million Series C this week. That round was led by Sequoia. Notably, Sequoia also led the company’s $17… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Hello friendly neighborhood unicorn, let’s talk about going public. According to a recent EY report, there were zero technology IPOs in the United States during the first quarter of 2016.… Read Full Article
tl;dr: The era of bullshit is over. You need to raise now. Perhaps you shouldn’t have spent all that money. So far, in 2016, stocks are uncertain. Founders are scrambling… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Annual recurring revenue (ARR) isn’t worth what it was. That’s just fine, but it matters for your startup’s valuation. The current market correction has led to a decline in… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Many recent tech offerings have rebounded from painful lows. Their rally could breathe life into a stagnant IPO market. While the Mattermark blog tends to focus on private companies, we keep an… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Continuing our theme of finding new ways to discuss data, the following interactive tool is worth playing with if you want to better understand the US venture market. Not everything… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Everything you thought was true actually is, and we put it on a cool map. Where did companies raise venture dollars in the United States during 2015? If your… Read Full Article