As VC funding levels approach record levels and Q2 comes to a close, Mattermark checks in on Series A rounds. Average round size continued to push higher, thanks to large outlier rounds… Read Full Article
After we posted the relationship between the growing Internet population and venture capital funding rounds on pace to reach the highest levels since 2000, a savvy reader suggested we might… Read Full Article
Earlier today we published data demonstrating that the U.S. venture capital market is on pace to experience the highest amount of funding since 2000. As one of our readers pointed out this… Read Full Article
Much has been made lately of whether or not technology investment is experiencing a bubble, as interest rates remain low and yield-chasing continues to drive up prices. While bubbles are best… Read Full Article
From Mattermark Danielle Morrill of Mattermark walks through the three phases of financial indicators in startups, the current and potential future state of Mattermark’s financial metrics, and points out some common… Read Full Article
Learning to read financial documents is one thing, but learning to use them as tools to guide the business and ultimately communicate clearly to 100+ investors has shown me just how… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brett Berson of First Round Capital announces First Round Capital’s experiment to fix traditional startup advising with the STAR or ‘Short-Term Advisory Relationships’ contract in “Startup Advising… Read Full Article
From the Investors Boris Wertz of Version One Ventures describes why ‘the virtuous cycle is the holy grail for online marketplaces’ and how to achieve that cycle in “Growing a… Read Full Article
ICP + TAM = A Sales Qualified Lead Machine In the modern world of Sales Development, high quality and high velocity Sales Qualified Leads reign supreme. We find ourselves in… Read Full Article
General & Administrative Welcome to G&A, a newsletter produced by the people who lovingly bring you first-person accounts of entrepreneurship, investment and insights from the startup ecosystem in The Mattermark… Read Full Article
Mattermark has a large base of seed investors, the FG Angels syndicate backers, and employee shareholders — not to mention advisors, customers, and Friends of the Company. With so many… Read Full Article
The state of startups It’s time we revisit this. Nearly 4 years ago, Marc Andreessen opined that “software is eating the world.” Fast-forward and it’s now one of the most… Read Full Article
From the Investors Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital offers an in-depth review of what he believes is going well and not going well at Twitter, how to improve their product,… Read Full Article
We Launched Our New API We are at the beginning of a data revolution, and the way businesses make sales and investment decisions are set to fundamentally change. At Mattermark, we’ve… Read Full Article
You can now use the Mattermark API to track the historical data of 1+ million private companies and predict the world’s next market leaders. We are at the beginning… Read Full Article
From the Investors Talia Goldberg of Bessemer Venture Partners analyses data on the change of valuations over the years, comparing revenue to EBITDA, and how this compares to public companies… Read Full Article
From the Investors Guy Turner of Hyde Park Venture Partners visualizes three cycles he says are predictable in many startups in “Wave Theory of Startups: Braving the Funding, Sales, and… Read Full Article
General & Administrative Welcome to G&A, a newsletter produced by the people who lovingly bring you first-person accounts of entrepreneurship, investment and insights from the startup ecosystem in The Mattermark… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers releases her annual report that analyzes global internet usage, mobile adoption, public internet company market caps, disruptive consumer and… Read Full Article
From the Investors Steven Sinofsky of Andreessen Horowitz expands on ‘disruption theory’ and the story of Blackberry not anticipating the success of the iPhone in “The Lesson of ‘Don’t Forget All… Read Full Article
General & Administrative Welcome to G&A, a newsletter produced by the people who lovingly bring you first-person accounts of entrepreneurship, investment and insights from the startup ecosystem in The Mattermark… Read Full Article
From the Investors Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital reflects on his journey as an investor in Twitter and his dedication to helping it grow in “I Bleed Aqua” Rob Go… Read Full Article
“There’s never enough time to get it right.” That is by far the most frequent frustration and form of burn out I see inside startups. It feels like your… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jonathan Drillings of Comcast Ventures details why he believes we’ll continue to see companies that use ‘mobile dynamics and cloud services / APIs’ to deliver whole products… Read Full Article