Venture Capital

Successful Sports VCs Will Represent A Combination Of These 3 Industries

How (and why) the most…

Hey yPlan — how dare you go bust ?

When YPlan got acquired (well, acqui-hired), it sure left a crater. It’s nothing like the billion…

Earlybird’s Investment Process

Since we deem transparency and openness among our core values, it is time to shed some light on the most central operational sequence of a VC: the Investment Process. Founders, that’s what you can expect when raising money from us:

Why we send our friends investor updates about our startup

Airbnb pitch deck: teardown and redesign

The Airbnb pitch deck from 2009 has become an increasingly popular reference for…

We support WE = Women Entrepreneurship

Today, a group of over 75 CEOs and founders are releasing a public letter to Hillary Clinton…

Salesforce M&A in Context

Salesforce has been very acquisitive over the past year. In 2016 year to date, the company has spent ~$4.5B acquiring 11 companies. In 2015 Salesforce bought 6 companies and only one in 2014. Salesforce is a $50B market cap company and is constantly looking for new products and…

Big Ideas Require Big Bets

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the best path to funding your company. How much is too much? How…

The Riddle Cracker’s Manifesto: Part 1

In Defense of the Founding CEO

What is the problem with Ukrainian VC market

Ukrainian market of venture investment and business innovation has been actively and systematically developing since 2005, that is earlier than in most European countries. Despite the fact that it has a significant growth it still not formed a…

Bora Yilmaz, VC at Revo Capital. Series of interviews with investors in Turkiye n°3.

Out of the Office, Into the Paint

Two years ago we started playing basketball with local startups. The purpose is to get to know…

3 Key Ways a VC Thinks About a Data-Oriented Startup

Founder Down Under: Resources

An ever-evolving list of resources about Australian startups…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

Twitter を考案するも大学は中退した Jack Dorsey 氏

A karmic convo with an angel named Ariel

My career as an investor has been a never ending learning journey. Investing at the seed stage, I often look to angels for lessons in early stage company building. My Signia partners, Ed, Rick, and Zaw had all been angels before we started the fund in 2012…

Sam Altman

Y Combinator の代表を務めながらも OpenAI に参画

Know Your Fundraising Audience & Navigate Reactions Accordingly.

Mayfield Fund

1969年に創業の老舗の Mayfield

Sea of Unknowns

Steve Jobs famously said something that has stuck with me ever since:

… the computer is the most…

3 startup pitch lessons (disguised as 3 lessons for a new startup investor)

One month of wading into the exciting world of startup investing, and I have been pummelled with lessons of the pitch and the grokking that an early stage investor must do. I can’t stop but accumulate…

Risk Disclaimer: Africa is not the Future of It’s Past.

You were hated and deserted, rejected by everyone. But I will make you beautiful, a city to be proud of for all time to come. 
-Aravat

Introducing a new way to connect startups and investors

Dear fellow founder,

Thank you for publishing these thoughts.

As a first time fund manager (www.deepspacevc.com), in my first year, it’s super helpful to read things like this.

Many of the thoughts here resonate with the experiences I’ve had so far, or even help me crystallize my thoughts around some of those experiences…

5 Tips to Get — and then Survive — Startup Investments (a.k.a. Angels Aren’t Immortal!)

An outsider might think that it is only startup founders who risk their livelihoods and careers to pursue their grand dream for the next “unicorn” company, but much of the risk is…

These are the 10 NYC Startups That Raised the Most Amount of Capital in October

LG’s profit shrinks by losses on smartphone market

Whose Financial Interests Are University Trustees Serving?

While Wall Street’s grip on universities might seem bleak, it actually puts students in a powerful position.

I think another important line of thought is that a “No” really has no bearing on your company, your prospects for the future & your current trajectory. It’s mostly one person’s “feelings” at that specific moment. Chances are that person is not a customer & in the end it’s really the customer’s opinion that matters.