More funding developments in the highly competitive world of car services. Didi Kuaidi, an Uber rival based in China, has today confirmed that it has invested in Ola, another Uber rival based out of India, as part of Ola’s latest round of funding. As we reported earlier this month, Ola is looking to raise a megaround of…
Elizabeth “Beezer” Clarkson Contributor Elizabeth “Beezer” Clarkson is managing director of Sapphire Ventures. More posts by this contributor Why founders should care where their VCs get their money Dear VCs, there’s something you need to know about raising funds this year We’re bullish on Europe, and that strikes some folks in the U.S. as a…
At Disrupt yesterday, one of the most interesting talks was with Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala. Other than being the MVP of the latest NBA Championship series, Iguodala is a businessperson. He’s looking for cool companies to work with, fun projects to work on and the latest in Silicon Valley trends. It sure helps…
With sky-high rents on both housing and commercial office space, do you really have to be in the Bay Area to hit a home run? A number of VCs today at TechCrunch Disrupt said not necessarily. Dana Settle, who co-founded Greycroft Partners said that 82 percent of the firm’s investments have been outside Silicon Valley,…
Gaurav Jain Contributor Gaurav Jain is one of the founders of Afore Capital, a $124 million fund focused on pre-seed. He was also an early product manager for Android. More posts by this contributor Is Zoom the next Android or the next BlackBerry? The pre-seed diligence framework One of the most frequent questions I get…
Dror Berman Contributor Dror Berman is a founding managing partner at Innovation Endeavors. Samantha Wai Contributor Samantha Wai is on the Innovation Labs Team at Innovation Endeavors. As investors, our job is to find the visionaries that dream up the future and partner with them to help make that dream a reality. In agriculture, with…
Jonathan Shieber Contributor More posts by this contributor As companies prioritize diversity, startups are trying to productize diverse hiring How did Atlanta become a top breeding ground for billion-dollar startups in the Southeast? Many folks in the tech industry dream of making the jump from entrepreneur to investor, but few actually succeed in taking the…
Neeraj Agrawal Contributor Neeraj Agrawal is a general partner at Battery Ventures. More posts by this contributor ARR per employee is the North Star efficiency metric you’ve been looking for Build bridges instead of walls Logan Bartlett Contributor Logan Bartlett is a vice president with Battery Ventures. More posts by this contributor The SaaS Success…
Maxwell Wessel Contributor Maxwell Wessel is a VC at Sapphire Ventures. More posts by this contributor Building A Framework For Sustainability Software For The Full-Stack Era There has been a lot of discussion about startup valuation over the past few months. Luminaries across the industry have chimed in, suggesting we’re returning to a time of…