How to get a job in Venture Capital

Ever since started I working in VC, I often get messages from people that want to break into the…

So you want to start a VC firm?

Earlier this year, a few venture Limited Partners and I were comparing notes around the dramatic spike in seed VC (or Micro-VC as they often are referred to) firms we observed in 2014 and 2015. Below is a table illustrating the growth of the sub-sector. .

Why I just launched an academy for aspiring VCs

wait… what?

Investors have different strategies in terms of how they approach opportunities. Given the sheer number of startups we speak to, there tends to be a need for some kind of generalizable approach simply to facilitate the process of decision making. Some investors take a thematic approach: they pick certain…

Venture Capital’s Leading Indicator

A surprisingly large amount of ink and conversation in the startup world is devoted to updates on…

Convertible Note or Equity?

There is a lot of discussion nowadays about the use or, rather, misuse of convertible notes especially after…

3 Myths About VCs

Venture capital is a funny business in many ways. As an asset class it has negative returns on average. The top 10% firms get…