From the Investors Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz provides historical references of assumptions and trade-offs mobile device makers have made over time in “Mobile Platforms and Technical Debt“ Tomasz Tunguz… Read Full Article
From the Investors Sam Altman of Y Combinator details the seven policy changes he believes will help drive economic growth in “Policy for Growth and Innovation“ Aydin Senkut of Felicis… Read Full Article
From the Investors Duncan Davidson of Bullpen Capital expands on Mattermark CEO Danielle Morrill’s post that notes a drop in seed financing deals, but overall rise in funding amounts in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Thorsten Claus of New World Capital details how his ‘VC Watchlist’ of 57 VCs helps him evaluate and understand investing trends and valuations in “Why I Am… Read Full Article
From the Investors Arsham Memarzadeh of OpenView Partners finds that on average, founders have 15% equity ownership of their company post-IPO, two founders ‘are better than one’ and more metrics… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures applauds Intel’s $300M fund to improve diversity and urges people to ‘find, fund, and support’ organizations increasing diversity in “Some Thoughts… Read Full Article
Kevin Kelleher and Michael Carney of PandoDaily cite data from Mattermark and Renaissance Capital, finding ‘the number of private finance rounds reached or surpassed $100 million more than doubled last… Read Full Article
From Our Community Alison Wagonfield of Emergence Capital looks forward to the next year with an opportunity to invest in the next great enterprise companies in “The Enterprise in 2015“… Read Full Article
Mattermark CEO Danielle Morrill tells her side of the journey of Mattermark starting as a blog post about zombie VCs, in the wake of Referly shutting down, to raising a… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jess Erickson of 500 Startups announces 500 Startups’ efforts to bolster the tech landscape of the Middle East and North Africa region with capital, mentors and more… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brad Feld and the Foundry Group Team are ‘psyched to now be major investors in Mattermark’, after leading Mattermark’s $6.5 million Series A in “Our Investment in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mike Rothenberg of Rothenberg Ventures launches River, ‘the world’s first Virtual Reality Accelerator’, and shares their vision for supporting Virtual Reality startups, developers and creators in “The… Read Full Article
It’s been over a year since Mattermark CEO, Danielle Morrill, started writing and curating the Mattermark Daily, a curated daily newsletter focused on surfacing high quality content from startup operators… Read Full Article
From the Investors First Round Capital releases their annual portfolio music video featuring parodies of music videos by Taylor Swift, Pharrell, Sam Smith and more in “All About Burn Rate“… Read Full Article
From the Investors Michael Copeland and Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz discuss mobile market trends, current major smartphone makers and question the future of mobile in “Enough With the Old… Read Full Article
Today, we’re excited to announce our $6.5 million Series A round, led by Foundry Group. Please join us in welcoming Brad Feld to our board of directors, where we will… Read Full Article
From the Investors John Backus and Hemant Bhadrwaj of New Atlantic Ventures find that ‘dragons (‘fund maker’ companies) are four times as rare as a unicorn [company]’ and share a… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures uses seven charts to analyze Box’s revenue growth, average revenue per customer, sales efficiency and more in “Benchmarking Box’s Updated S-1 –… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures believes the public tech companies’ cash reserves of $430B and ‘huge pressure for growth’ will fuel startup M&A in 2015 in “The… Read Full Article
From the Investors Leo Polovets of Susa Ventures presents his idea of ‘estimated marginal dilution’ and how to ‘avoid fatal pinches in the first place’ in “Fatal Pinches, Seed Follow-On… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures details ‘three fundamental reasons for the bull market’, profiles industry risks and concludes, ‘it’s a great time to be a founder’ in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures reports that the average SaaS IPO company in 2014 has raised four rounds, ‘pop’ between 50-100% after IPO and more trends he identifies in “The 2014… Read Full Article
From the Investors Michael Seibel, Dalton Caldwell and Qasar Younis of Y Combinator share the ‘hallmarks of a good pitch’ in a mock investor meeting and Tyler Bosmeny of Clever… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mike Brown, Jr. of Bowery Capital details the top ten ‘Opportunities in Vertical Software’ and the current ‘major and emerging players in each vertical’ in “Vertical Software… Read Full Article