From the Investors Barry J. Kramer and Khang Tran of Fenwick & West LLP analyzed the terms of 195 venture financings closed in the second quarter of 2016 by companies… Read Full Article
There’s a lot of information out there for sales and marketing professionals. In fact, as my friend Erik Devaney at Drift points out, a quick search of the term “sales… Read Full Article
tl;dr: There is more to tech stocks than the Nasdaq. London wants a piece. Mattermark recently caught up with James Clark of the London Stock Exchange after his article “Mythbusting the IPO… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: It’s still a damn fine time to raise money. From a long bull market to a period of temporary fear earlier this year, it’s been fun to… Read Full Article
From the Investors Michael J. Mauboussin of Credit Suisse reflects on the ten attributes of great investors in “Thirty Years” (PDF) Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capital discusses why seeks to… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Things outside of tech are pretty big too. The Jet.com purchase is now official, with Walmart announcing a grip of details concerning the transaction, including its final… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Fire up your Tardis, we’re going to 2009. Before you depart into this lovely August weekend, you and I have work to do. Today, we’re looking at a… Read Full Article
Although I’m familiar with Mattermark, I only recently started using the service. As I got to play around with the functionality, I gravitated towards the metrics around number of employees… Read Full Article
tl;dr: We go in-depth with Area Venture Capitalist to understand the investors’ perspective on the current state of startups. I recently caught up with Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy—at a traditionally overpriced… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Welcome to the tail-end of earnings season. Shares in Square are up more than 12 percent today, following a strong earnings report that sent the value of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Naval Ravikant of AngelList returns to Venture Studio for part 2 of his interview, covering power dynamics in venture capital, the changing American political system, and some… Read Full Article
TL;DR We investigated whether raising a lot of Seed and Angel money affects a startup’s likelihood of raising a Series A round. Here are the main takeaways: For founders: Each… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: It’s the middle of the week and tech is being silly again. Here’s what you need to know. Where to begin. Some notes from the last day: Bitcoin… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures and Brad Feld of Foundry Group join Jerry Colonna on the Reboot podcast to talk about the critical steps they’ve taken… Read Full Article
Today, 500 Startups hosts their Demo Day for Batch 17 in Mountain View. The companies will be pitching their products to an audience of VCs, Angel Investors, and decision makers at… Read Full Article
Edtior’s Mid-Morning Note: Holy Magikarp, Batman! Following a busy few weeks of fresh corporate combinations, you and I are going to rewind through the most recent and most important deals. After… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Early Afternoon Note: Here’s the general case for an Uber IPO after it offloads its Chinese losses for equity and a cash infusion. It’s Monday, and the take machine has worked overtime since… Read Full Article
What Does The Didi Deal Mean For Uber’s (eventual, but coming) IPO? Didi’s move to acquire Uber’s Chinese operations and invest $1 billion in the latter company shook the tech… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Tech’s Big 5 had big second quarters. Yuge quarters, even. After technology investment slowed in the second quarter, moderate amounts of pessimism felt warranted. After all, weren’t we… Read Full Article
A $9.3B Boon For SaaS Startups (read now) Oracle’s $9.3 billion deal to buy NetSuite sent shares in Box soaring 7 percent today. Why? Last quarter, NetSuite’s revenue was nearly 80… Read Full Article
From the Investors Robert Siegel of XSeed Capital delves into what is next for British startups in “Brexit: The Dilemma Facing UK Tech Startups.” Mattermark previously explored the topic, with Storm Ventures’ Anshu… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Shares in Box are up today. Is that good news for cloud companies, SaaS startups, or just Box? The author is the person pictured above who eats… Read Full Article
TL;DR: Now that Micro VCs have found their niche in the ecosystem, investors are more willing than ever to support them despite a challenging capital climate. Two ends of the… Read Full Article
Mattermark tracks 20,000 global venture funds, angel investors, and accelerator programs. I loved to see Shai Goldman publish his list of VCs who lead seed deals in NYC startups and… Read Full Article