Google, Stanford And The IDF: Professional Backgrounds Of Unicorn Founders
Before Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia, he was a dishwasher at Denny’s, but most unicorn founders get their start in far more predictable places. The Stanford GSB Venture Capital
Storytelling Is The ‘Make Or Break’ Skill Founders Are Lacking
By Liza Vilnits Layoffs and business closures have become so common in the past few years that reporters have created newsletters and columns solely focused on the updates. The sen
Scopely’s $3.5B Niantic Purchase Is Gaming’s Biggest Private M&A Deal In Years
Mobile gaming company Scopely announced this morning that it will acquire Pokémon Go maker Niantic’s games business in a deal valued at $3.5 billion. Under terms of the deal, Ni
Rethinking Risk: Why Software Investing Is Scarier Than You Think
By Justin Stevens Pure software has grown to be the majority of the venture financing ecosystem over the past decade. I’m not surprised — it’s a very efficient market in two
Why We Need To Create A Single, Vibrant Pan-European Stock Market
By Bo Ilsoe The future of European innovation depends on a single, unified Pan-European stock market. The current fragmented landscape of national exchanges stifles growth, limits
Quantum Computing Hits New Venture Dollar Highmark
Last month, quantum computing startup QuEra Computing locked up a whopping $230 million round from the likes of SoftBank’s Vision Fund unit and Google Quantum AI. That was follow
SpaceX Stable On Private Market As Tesla And Public Spacetechs Plunge
The past few months have been tumultuous for public companies linked to either Elon Musk or spacetech. By contrast, SpaceX, the most valuable private, venture-backed unicorn, has b
Chip Startup Celestial AI Hits $2.5B Valuation
Optical interconnectivity startup Celestial AI raised a $250 million Series C1 round led by Fidelity Management & Research Co. at a reported $2.5 billion valuation. The fresh c
Cleantech Investor: A Hard Time For Fundraising, But A Good One For Dealmaking
Cleantech investors have largely hit pause on new deals in the past few months. But for those who are writing checks, terms are increasingly favorable. That’s the take from Peter
You Can’t Put A Price On Greatness
Consider this dilemma: Venture capital is the pursuit of outliers, and yet startups mostly get market-based prices using comparable companies. This contradiction creates problems o
