Category: EC venture capital
VC Office Hours: How data can help improve social impact investing
Erin Harkless Moore talks about Pivotal Ventures’ investment strategy, and its future.
Was tech’s ‘bull run’ simply a temporary surge?
Several factors converged to help Instacart, Arm and Klaviyo to go public, but those trends have largely reversed — we may not see more IPOs for some time.
All venture funds use the ‘2 and 20’ fee structure, right? Not really
Typically, a VC fund’s management fee is 2% of AUM, but new data from Carta shows that the 2% figure isn’t as universal as you might think.
Building an equitable cap table puts more tools in a startup’s toolbox
Building an equitable cap table allows startups to bring on experts they wouldn’t be able to hire while making VC more diverse.
Pitch Deck Teardown: Transcend’s $20M Series B deck
$20 million doesn’t lie, so let’s see where Transcend, er, transcends and where it remains painfully mortal.
Chris Lehane: The SEC isn’t handling crypto regulation ‘strategically’
As developers turn their gears in the crypto world, regulatory uncertainty is casting a shadow over the work they’re doing.
Banish cumulative graphs from your pitch deck
Investors want to see accelerating growth, and that is much harder to read on a cumulative graph.
Not all companies need to be venture-scale
Companies often attempt to raise from VCs despite knowing they can’t possibly deliver venture-scale returns.
Deal Dive: Elder tech is expanding beyond reactive solutions
Bold creates personalized exercise programs for seniors to reduce injury. It’s one of the latest companies expanding the eldertech sector.
Pitch Deck Teardown: Learn.xyz’s $3M seed deck
There’s a lot to love about this cute, animated pitch deck, except one thing.