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Jun 3 Pillpack: Adding $50M in funding to bring redesigned pharmacy to all
Tagged accel, crv, funding round, pillpack, startup, vcThere are some people in the world that it is simply a joy to work with, and when good things happened to them you can only feel joy. TJ Parker and Elliott Cohen are two such people and I’m delighted …
May 19 Zoopla at seven – how focus and speed drive exceptional outcomes
Tagged atlasventure, startup, zooplaI first invested in Zoopla in July 2007. At the time, a mere £500,000 to get the company going and back Simon Kain and Alex Chesterman in improving the real estate experience. Last week, almost exactly 7 years after this …
Apr 10 The Boston Surprise
Tagged boston, ecosystem, startupNow that I am leaving Boston I can talk about its startup ecosystem in all candor. When I came over 4 years ago, it was essentially as an act of belief in my partner Jeff and in myself. To …
Mar 31 Why Series B is usually the hardest
Tagged funding, Series B, startupTom Tunguz and Danielle Morrill both came out with data suggesting Series B are hard. Tom calls it the “hardest round to raise”, based on his numbers. Let me try to address why that is. Let’s assume we’re in …
Mar 5 Pro-rata rights: the good, the bad and the ugly
Tagged financing, pro-rata, startupFred Wilson posted an article to explain the concept and value of pro-rata rights, with his usual elegance in making the concept clear. Pro-rata rights are incredibly valuable for a simple reason: most startup companies fail, but pro-rata rights are …
Dec 10 CAD Venture Chef : The Recipe for a $5M Series A with Lagoa
Tagged 3D, atlas, CAD, design, funding, lagoa, rendering, startupSince this is festive season I thought I would share with you the recipe of a successful series A fundraising and tell you the story of Lagoa: Start with a devilishly smart entrepreneur who’s able to code a multi-physics engine …
Oct 9 The Glorious Post Seed Startup Financing Chaos
Tagged angellist, chaos, financing, seed, startupThe other day I got a call from Scott Kirstner at the Boston Globe answering: “what happens to all these incubators entrepreneurs after Demo Day”. The short answer: chaos. Full of opportunity, but chaos nonetheless. Cue fractals on this …
Jun 27 There are no shortcuts to intelligent Founder – CEO transitions
Tagged ceo, founder, startup, transition, vcFounder transition is one of those tense topics that holds limited upside for the writer, especially when said individual is a venture capitalist. However it’s also very often one of the defining moments in a startup’s life; a moment that, …
Nov 21 Startup Ecosystem Report : Boston vs rest of the world
Tagged boston, ecosystem, startupThe good folks at Startup Genome continue to produce data where none existed. After their first effort (the phenomenally useful Startup Genome Data) they are back with a systematic analysis of startup ecosystems around the globe. You can download the …
Mar 7 Startup Mentoring, the Socratic Way
Tagged mentoring, seedcamp, socratic, startup, techstarsI have been involved in many environments in which mentoring is a core part of the value proposition. Seedcamp or Techstars succeed almost exclusively on the quality of their mentoring. As a board member I try to be a good …