tl;dr: Total venture activity is up so far 2016 compared to the start of 2015, not down as you might have thought. Following years of upward movement, the startup industry is currently… Read Full Article
tl;dr: A slow IPO market and slipping sentiment among certain investors could put high-value private tech companies’ faces in a vice. There are more than 150 unicorns at the moment. Regardless of which data source… Read Full Article
tl;dr Looks like seed-stage investment is going strong. Dun dun dun! I’m surprised. It turns out that the number of seed stage rounds executed in 2015 went up compared to preceding… Read Full Article
tl;dr: The market forecast is cloudy with a chance of horses. Recently on Mattermark we took a look at companies slouching towards the $1 billion valuation mark, but from the wrong… Read Full Article
tl;dr Want to see where capital was deployed last year? Mattermark has you covered. If you are a regular Mattermark reader, I presume you spend more time than most inside… Read Full Article
TL;DR: Markets are a mess, and some public tech companies you know and love are at risk of becoming non-icorns. Have you heard about the stock market? It is not doing… Read Full Article
tl;dr Investors pre-paid too much for expected future growth. Taking a break from our usual focus on markets and not individual participants, let’s dig into what in the heck is going… Read Full Article
tl;dr As expected, investment into bitcoin-related startups is not dead. *insert panic among the haters. Investment into bitcoin startups appears healthy this year, reversing a noted slowdown that occurred towards the end of… Read Full Article
Microsoft has big revenue goals for its cloud business — how is it faring? It’s earnings season all over again, giving us nerds market enthusiasts a fresh look into how public… Read Full Article
Last week, we took a look at the performance of 2015 technology IPOs compared to their then-current share price. The results weren’t pretty: Tech offerings averaged around a 30 percent… Read Full Article
tl;dr 2015 tech IPOs aren’t performing well. Their decline could limit 2016 IPOs, and dampen valuations for growing private tech companies. The 2015 technology IPO market was lackluster. The sheer… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Don’t worry too much that venture investment into bitcoin-focused startups fell as 2015 came to a close. After a surprising rally in the final months of 2015, bitcoin is back… Read Full Article
Most startups target iOS and Android. The two mobile platforms are for many companies the only platforms. At the same time, the PC market remains quite large. Should companies looking… Read Full Article
// We’re publishing this to save you time. We think that you’re great. // Mattermark’s blog occasionally publishes guest posts from members of the community. It’s a fun, and functional… Read Full Article
Hello, Mattermark friends and family. Welcome to the next chapter of the Mattermark blog. It may not look much different yet, but we’re ramping up our editorial operation. Over the next… Read Full Article