From the Investors Tod Francis and Nikhil Basu Trivedi of Shasta Ventures research the key traits of 25 billion dollar companies and conclude that ‘big ideas are often not obvious… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital vents his concerns for ‘low frequency trading’ of high valuation private companies in “The Private IPO Phenomenon” Om Malik of True… Read Full Article
From the Investors Hunter Walk of Homebrew responds to Matt Turck of FirstMark Capital’spost about ‘Straight to A’ rounds with his own observations of this trend in “What’s a Seed… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Felser of Freestyle VC looks back on the entrepreneurial experiences of his investment Partners, announces the Freestyle Fund III, and serial entrepreneur Jenny Lefcourt joining as… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brad Feld of Foundry Group opens up about some of the mental challenges he’s gone through and how he deals with the ‘demons’ he faces every day… Read Full Article
From the Investors Angel Investor Fabrice Grinda provides his in-depth analysis of the seed stage investing environment and concludes, ‘we are not in a bubble’ in “2015 Venture Investing Update”… Read Full Article
From the Investors Charlie O’Donnell of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures predicts future economic conditions will have a ‘long period of market stagnation at the top end’ and details what that could… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Lee of SV Angel provides an ‘insider look’ into how he communicates funding advice to founders by showing an email he sent to a startup he… Read Full Article
You can use Mattermark to create your own lists to track venture portfolios, target prospects, source new deals, research industry and vertical specific trends, and much more. Sign In or… Read Full Article
From the Investors Hunter Walk of Homebrew and Euri Kim of Forerunner Venturesdiscuss her path to VC, focus on commerce startups, and view on ‘apprenticeship’ in VC in “Midas List… Read Full Article
From the Investors Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz “emphasizes two key ideas: founders can gain portfolio economics via 1. pivots and 2. making entrepreneurship a career” – @EricRies in “This… Read Full Article
From Mattermark We analyzed Y Combinator’s Winter 2015 batch of companies, and ranked the top 10 based on our Growth Score in “Top 10 Y Combinator W15 Demo Day Startups –… Read Full Article
Today, Y Combinator, is hosting their Demo Day for Batch W15 (Winter 2015). These companies will be pitching their products to an audience of VCs, Angel Investors and decision makers at large… Read Full Article
From the Investors Aaron Levie of Box and Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures discuss robots, viral adoption of products, and the future of enterprise startups in “Founder Call with Keith… Read Full Article
From the Investors John Maeda of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers highlights the rising importance of design in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in “Design In Tech Report 2015” Gordon Ritter of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures shows the video of his conversation about the economy, blogging, and the future with angel investor Jason Calacanis at the LAUNCH… Read Full Article
From the Investors Emily Demarest of AgFunder releases AgFunder’s report on the state of AgTech startups and investments – ‘from precision agriculture to biotech to drones’ in “AgTech Investing Report… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures agrees with Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital, saying ‘you’ll have to change the [Series A fundraising] story to reflect the… Read Full Article
From the Investors Om Malik of True Ventures reflects on Gigaom’s announcement of shutting down in “A Statement About Gigaom” Sam Altman of Y Combinator announces that Peter Thiel, serial… Read Full Article
From the Investors Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures notes that high public market multiples inform private market valuations, due to ‘demand in the public markets outstripped by supply’ in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jessica Livingston of Y Combinator opens up about how she shaped the community and culture of Y Combinator for the past 10 years in “The Social Radar:… Read Full Article
From the Investors Angel Investor Paul Arnold for First Round Review offers his advice for how founders can work with their investors to make deals happen, build a team, and… Read Full Article
Mattermark iOS App Update We’re pleased to announce the arrival of funding events in the latest update of Mattermark for iOS. This addition enables you to examine the most recent… Read Full Article
From the Investors Paul Graham of Y Combinator recalls startup ideas that ‘sounded dumb at first’, but grew into large companies and hints that even ‘lame ideas’ shouldn’t be overlooked… Read Full Article