From Medium As my long-time readers know, I’ve written dozens of data-driven blog posts on Y Combinator startups over the years, but I’m yet to answer the single most important question about YC startups from the perspective of early-stage investors — how much money do they make?? YC has published data that hints at this, like the Top YC Companies[…]
Venture Capital Cross @ VCCross.com – 5/28/2023 – – As traditional funding sources dry up, private companies are seeking alternatives to raise capital. Also, a growing number of small businesses are also turning to VC portals, which typically include Crowdfunding, as a means to attract capital. Small mom and pop businesses are sometimes referred to as “Main[…]
From Crunchbase News: Last month saw some big deals roll in, including the second-biggest of the year to date. However, the month significantly slowed — especially in terms of monster deals — as it wore on. That could well be due to Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse having at least some short-term effects on fundraising. That will[…]
PreIPOSwap.com — 4/3/2023 — New York, NY — 2023 has been a dramatic year for the VC industry. Last year, in 2022, public markets experienced a significant correction which spilled over into private markets. Many professional investors such as funds, were seeing great bargains in public equities and so diverted attention there. Also, simply due[…]
From Crunchbase News: Joanna Glasner September 27, 2022 When the Soviet Union splintered into separate nations in the early 1990s, it contained exactly zero hubs for venture-backed tech startups. Three decades later, of course, the picture is quite different. Metro areas in multiple former Soviet countries now have a rich concentration of tech founders. Capital[…]
We haven’t done an update in some time at PreIPOSwap.com and wanted to inform our readers about some features we have added to our blog. First, we have created a page that tracks S1 filings direct from the SEC, you can find that page here: https://preiposwap.com/s1/ For companies that are popular we maintain a research[…]
From Crunchbase News Berlin-based SellerX, a new startup that aims to consolidate and grow promising smaller businesses that sell via Amazon’s platform, has raised $118 million in what is reportedly being called a seed funding round. Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital and TriplePoint Capital led the financing, which the company reportedly plans to use to roll up smaller businesses using Fullfilment by Amazon for[…]
From Crunchbase News: While the nation awaits the results of the presidential election, lessons learned early in the year from the COVID-19 pandemic and the “new normal” it created could push the tech sector past any political uncertainty. “There is ‘scar tissue,’ if you will, from March, as it caused a lot of companies to[…]
From Crunchbase News February, 2020: You wouldn’t be wrong for believing that venture capital is just a big bowl of alphabet soup. GPs invest the money of LPs. Performance is measured by metrics like TVPI, DPI and IRR. In pitches, founders and their funders may talk up low CACs and high LTVs. And with the[…]
From Crunchbase News October 25, 2019: Hello and welcome back to Last Week In Venture, the weekly rundown of deals which may have flown under your radar. There are plenty of companies operating outside the unicorn and public company spotlight, but their stories are worth sharing. In them, we find current trends and get a glimpse[…]