Seth LevineEndings and Beginnings — VC AdventureWe just made public over on the Foundry blog that our 2022 fund will be our last Foundry fund. I wanted to add a few personal thoughts…4 min read·Jan 19, 2024----
Seth LevineAmerican Enterprise is In Danger from Recent Court Ruling — VC AdventureThis article is cross-posted from The New Builders Dispatch, a publication founded and run by my New Builders co-author, Elizabeth…4 min read·Nov 1, 2023----
Seth LevineSVB and The Tyranny of the Commons — VC AdventureLike many of you, I’ve been reflecting on the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank quite a bit this past week, now that the initial panic has…6 min read·Mar 19, 2023----
Seth LevineTechstars Foundation and EforAll — VC AdventureEforAll is a community organization that helps under-represented individuals successfully start and grow their businesses through business…2 min read·Aug 16, 2022----
Seth LevineStartup Boards Second Edition — VC AdventureEffectively building and working with a board is a critical part of building any successful business. But there is a lot of nuance in…2 min read·Jun 15, 2022----
Seth LevineIRR is a vanity metric — VC AdventureI’m observing that IRR is a metric that is becoming an increasing focus in venture, replacing fund return multiple as the key metric of…4 min read·May 5, 2022----
Seth LevineMoney in the Bank vs Burn — VC AdventureWith the markets down significantly, financings (at least at the later stages) slowing down, and inflation and interest rates on the rise…3 min read·Mar 17, 2022----
Seth LevineBuilding and Compensating Your Board — VC AdventureFor frequent readers of this blog, you know I’ve written a lot about startup boards including the importance of diversity and being…3 min read·Oct 4, 2021----
Seth LevineDownsides of a white hot economy — VC AdventureA few quick market observations from dicussions I’ve had with portfolio companies over the past few weeks. All relate to just how a white…2 min read·Sep 7, 2021----
Seth LevinePledge 1% — Boardroom Allies — VC AdventureOne thing I’m particularly proud of in my career is founding Pledge 1%, an organization that encourages companies to give back to their…2 min read·Jul 15, 2021----