From the Investors Philipp Moehring of AngelList walks founders through the building blocks a startup should achieve before and during seed fundraising in “This is How You Raise a Seed… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures reviews the pulse of the market based on VC perceptions, as we enter 2016 in “The State of Venture Capital” Pejman Nozad… Read Full Article
With Mattermark, you can sort through over 1.4 million privately owned companies based on location, total funding, industry, employee growth month over month, total employees, Growth Score, Mindshare Score, and much… Read Full Article
From the Investors Christian Claussen of Ventech dives into why corporate venture capital is picking up speed in the investment industry in “Breaking New Ground with Modern Corporate Venture Capital… Read Full Article
From the Investors Matt Turck of FirstMark Capital details the 2016 Big Data landscape in “Is Big Data Still a Thing?” Sarah Tavel of Greylock Partners explains why in building… Read Full Article
Entrepreneur.com published their list of hot startups to watch this year, so we decided to see how they rank. They note that this list of companies has each created a… Read Full Article
From the Investors Imran Ghory formerly of Index Ventures clarifies Sam Altman’s claim that Dave McClure and Jason Calacanis responded to… with data in “Going Through Multiple Accelerators: The Data… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures talks about the ongoing free fall in the stock markets and what it means for consumer startup valuations in “How Much Further… Read Full Article
Today is the first-of-its-kind public introduction of MetaProp NYC’s successfully funded, best-in-class real estate technology company start-ups. Demo Day celebrates the culmination of the 22-week MetaProp NYC accelerator program. Attendees will… Read Full Article
From the Investors Dave McClure of 500 Startups believes founders should ignore and reject Sam Altman’s advice to only apply to one accelerator, whether that is YC or 500 or any… Read Full Article
Today, Alchemist Accelerator, dedicated to enterprise startups, hosts their Class XI Demo Day at Citrix in Santa Clara, CA. The companies will be pitching their products to an audience of VCs, Angel… Read Full Article
From the Investors Semil Shah of Haystack Fund discusses how a founder can prepare for the gap between Seed and Series A, save time, and leverage the market in“Navigating The… Read Full Article
From the Investors Beezer Clarkson of Sapphire Ventures highlights her predictions on the venture ecosystem from her vantage point as an LP in early-stage VC funds in “Reading the Venture… Read Full Article
What’s New in Mattermark This Week Pull Mattermark data directly into Excel for Windows Now you can add live updated company Growth Score, location, total funding, and more directly into your… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures notes a 45% drop in forward revenue multiples in two years for public SaaS companies and dissects the impact on private companies… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures takes a look at the macro level and works backwards to see what is really going on at the global economic stage… Read Full Article
From the Investors Adam Quinton of Lucas Point Ventures warns that while there are more angels per capita, check writing is on the decline, which may lead to more early… Read Full Article
From the Investors Bruce Booth of Atlas Venture expands on four different characteristics of the current biotech market in contrast to its historic background in “This Time May Be Different:… Read Full Article
From the Investors Investor, Gil Dibner releases his report on investment activity in Europe and Israel and highlights strong growth overall in “The Data: 2015 VC Trends in Europe &… 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
Happy New Year, Mattermark Daily readers! Hope 2016 has wonderful things in store for you. For a recap of posts by investors and founders with their 2015 reflections and 2016 predictions, read… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Nussbaum of Metamorphic Ventures dives into fund performance theory and walks through the investment process of an imaginary company in “Babe Ruth, Power Laws, and What It… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mike Puangmalai formerly of SQN Investors provides an overview of revenue multiples and how (as a tech employee or entrepreneur) company decisions can potentially impact valuation in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Thomas Grota of T-Venture Holding predicts that today’s unicorns will need to lower their valuations before an IPO and dissects the impact on private investors in “The… Read Full Article