Startup

Dimensions of Scalability

Venture capital investment cases are supposed to scale — heavily. Heavily growing companies have great products…

The Dojo of Commerce

“In the Western world, the term dōjō primarily refers to a training place specifically for Japanese martial arts such as…

The 4 Martial Arts of a Startup Due Diligence

As a part of the investment team, the major challenge is…

Venture Things E05: The Top Down

On the VC side you get confronted with many numbers, assumptions and business cases. Most of them…

Venture Things E04: The Growth Hypothesis

“We are going to reach X EUR of revenues within the next 12 month.” This is a statement…

Venture Things E03: The Fund Metrics

A VC fund operates as a financial investor and has to report KPIs to its Limited Partners…

Venture Things E02: The Target Ownership

One of the most talked-about topics in Venture Capital is the valuation of startup…

Venture Things E01: The Internal Rate of Return

Don’t fear the dark side

I used to work in a startup — now I am on the VC side and I like to use the terms “dark side” for investors and…

Cowabunga! Venture Capital is young, green and hungry for pizza!