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A lot has happened since the last update. A lot of good, and a lot of bad. Get the scoop straight from the source. — Terra’s Collapse and its Ripples Across the Ecosystem You may be aware that Anchor was being used as a placeholder for our strategy. You may also be aware, provided you have your ear to the ground, that Terra’s ecosystem imploded due to the thoughtless actions of an individual, which may have cemented that…

Massive Layoffs, all time low venture capital investment, debate whether it is a crash or not… why is it happening and what’s the endgame? — Disclaimer: this article makes a huge generalization of an industry that is vastly diverse. For the purpose of objectiveness, more specific challenges faced by tech companies such as growing competition inside named segments, won’t be accounted for. Feel free to complement and share your views on the comments.

Announcing our £1M preseed round with Seedcamp & Connect Ventures — There’s a certain magic in online communities. At their best, they are places we can find joy, learn from others and even discover a sense of belonging. A global health crisis only further highlighted the importance of internet-based community, with the ability to connect over shared interest & passions a…

Ekonomia is a startup designed to build the future of Bottom-up Decentralized Banking. Decentralized Banking is transparent, distributed, and open-source, while offering 1000x improvements over traditional banking with endless room for innovation. Ekonomia will contribute to a variety of Decentralized Banking protocols. Our first foray will be a collateralized stablecoin…

This article was first published in Sifted — HERE I first came across the concept of a BHAG — a ‘big hairy audacious goal’ — in my induction training as a strategy consultant over 20 years ago. …

COVID-19, war in Ukraine, inflation, the Luna collapse, monkeypox, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, broken supply chains… one could find it difficult to see the “light” in this current environment. Fear is infectious and people are fearful. The glass is half empty… or so it seems? As I reflect on the happenings…

VMWare is being acquired by Broadcom, which means we have another software M&A comp. Alongside multiples of publicly traded SaaS companies, public SaaS acquisitions are some of the most relevant you can look at for deriving SaaS revenue multiples. These transactions are all cash, the financials are public and audited…