“I believe that we will continue to see more and more traditional venture capital firms decide to register because their business models will need to evolve as the overall venture capital industry continues to change and competition increases.” | learn more
“As a 24-year-old “elder Gen Z,” I grew up playing Webkinz and Club Penguin in elementary school. Webkinz was a perfect representation of bridging the physical and digital worlds – you received a plush Webkinz toy for your birthday that […]
“When I started in VC, markups were useful validation that a new fund knew what it was doing. But there was relatively less fixation on performance numbers early in a fund’s life. This seems to have changed. Why?” | learn more
The inside story of bootstrapped todo app Flow competing in a VC-funded world. | learn more
“America’s Mighty Middle Report, published by Crunchbase and Omaha-based Dundee Venture Capital, shows that over the last decade, Chicago leads the region’s VC funding at $15.2 billion, followed by Austin at $11.8 billion and Denver at $10.5 billion.” | learn more
Eric Feng from Kleiner Perkins shares interesting data and graphs about how the VC business has changed over the past 15 years. | learn more
“Arthur Technologies closed its funding deal with investment group Boost VC inside virtual reality, even signing the deal inside its collaboration platform.” | learn more
Investor Homan Yuen writes about the economics of venture capital funds, making the case for why most require $1B+ exits to make their funds work. This is an easy-to-understand overview of the subject. |learn more
PitchBook has an interesting infographic highlighting all sorts of stats about real estate tech. | learn more
For all the talk I’ve heard about the value of a bitcoin or other crypto token, little of it has been rooted in economics. Enter Chris Burniske of Placeholder VC who provides a rational theory of economic value for cryptoassets. […]