Here’s the news right up front: CRV is happy to announce that we’ve led a $2.7M seed round in Sudden Coffee along with top funds like Founder Collective (great seed investors in Uber, PillPack, and others)…
As we walked around the block, away from the team and the screens in the office, the founder…
Most people in the startup ecosystem are in some way affected by the process of raising…
This week I am going to post a series of articles from my friend and colleague Jack Saba. Jack is the founder of Day One VC. Day One is a venture fund focused on Blockchain technology and its application in emerging markets.
This morning I woke up, looked by the window and suddenly realized that the landscape had dangerously changed over the past twelve…
I’m pleased to welcome Adam Goldberg as our newest Partner at Lightspeed. Adam will focus on…
The future is being invented in Europe
By Mattias Ljungman
Tras el post “Razones por las que un Venture Capital te dirá que NO” y por propuesta de un emprendedor por twitter, he decidido lanzarme a intentar decir por qué creo yo que un emprendedor debiera decir que no a un Venture Capital.
What Impact the New Administration Might Have on Healthcare
The results of the presidential election sent shockwaves across our country driving unending debate around the implications of a Trump administration. Nowhere…
We have two exciting announcments in store for you today.
As described in in my article “A Manual for Corporate Venture Capital” (Download the Manual), it’s elementary to decide before setting up a Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) unit which financial and/or strategic goals you want to pursue with the CVC…
By: Rob Moffat, Balderton Capital. Christian Hernandez, White Star Capital.
Americans visit their doctors over 1.2 Billion times annually. Such a large number of…
Adeo Ressi, the co-founder and CEO of the Founder Institute, is a major proponent of perseverance as an entrepreneurial virtue. Because so many aspiring founders, unfortunately, believe that launching a company is easy and is…
In this post I quickly want to illustrate why I think that a modern Venture Capital fund is like a football team.
Welcome to the first issue of Snippets on Medium! Don’t worry, regular Snippets will still come to your inbox on Sunday nights. You can subscribe here. We’ll now also repost them on here on Monday, under our new Social Capital publication. As always, if you have feedback or…
2016 saw a whole lot of money going into venture funds — at least $32 billion, as of the third quarter. That makes 2016 one of the biggest fundraising years in recent history, and signals that the investors in venture funds (“LPs” or limited partners) want exposure to high…
Can big consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies create, launch and grow truly innovative new products anymore? This was my first thought when I read of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group’s $1.7B acquistion of Bai Brands last week. It has always been part…
Hola. I’m at a board of directors meeting pretending to follow along with the dialogue. Rather than working on my emails like everyone else here thought I’d use the time for public service.
Some time back I came to the realization that most people do not receive instructions when…
In Late November we held the second of our AA North sessions, exploring ways in which we might expand into the North West and bring together a group of local women investors (well, mostly women). The event was generously hosted by The…
Note: This is the eight post in a series on Robert Hagstrom’s Latticework and VC. Chapter summaries are in no way designed to be Cliff Notes on the chapters of the book, quite the contrary, please read the book for yourself!
In the past few years, we have witnessed a constant rise in angel investing (startup raising capital from individuals). The Kaufman Foundation estimates that angel investments have long surpassed early stage…
How do you plan for a disruptive business that doesn’t make money until later? What’s the business…
As crazy and energizing as Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday can be, I’m very grateful that Giving Tuesday has emerged as a member of the week where we seemingly spend all of our year’s savings. And as always I eagerly await the results…
In August, we wrote about how the venture capital market in India is becoming bubbly and…
In India people follow Silicon Valley VC and Startup model. VCs or Investors interested in IIT, IIM folks who burn money like anything and 85% fail despite funding. Recently we see Freecharge by Kunal Shah and PayTm by Vijay Shekhar Sharma doing great. Building a sustainable business in…
Did you know that Vote Solar offers free webinars throughout the year? That’s right — you can learn all about the latest trends and future projections, how marijuana cultivation impacts climate change and energy (we’re looking at you…
