Venture Capital Due Diligence: The Screening Process

The goal of screening is to whittle down from potentially thousands of investment opportunities those that are eligible for consideration given a VC funds’ philosophy, stage and sector preferences, ...

Direct Listings: Going Public without an IPO

While M&A represents the majority of venture capital exits at approximately 90%[1], Initial Public Offerings (“IPOs”) are a relatively small but important part of how we generate liquidity for...

Why is venture capital so misaligned?

It’s no secret that I question whether the interests of VCs and founders are properly aligned with each other in many venture capital deals. I’m not trying to be snarky or controversial. There is ...

If Your VC Fund Makes You a Pirate, Should You Abandon Ship?

As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have had many moments of feeling like I am pushing water uphill with a rake. Sometimes, I have kept pushing and have succeeded out of sheer grit. Sometimes, ...

Assessing Hustle with the Hustle Fund

Elizabeth Yin, co-founder and general partner at the Hustle Fund, shared her thoughts on how to assess a startup’s ability to “hustle”. Her thoughts are applicable to venture capitalists, start...

20VC: WORKLIFE VENTURES’ BRIANNE KIMMEL ON WHY MORE OPERATORS SHOULD START THEIR OWN FUND, HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR ROUND FOR THE HIGHEST SIGNAL ROUND & WHAT THE MULTI-STAGE FUNDS PLAYING AT SEED MEANS FOR THE REST OF THE ASSET CLASS

Brianne Kimmel is the Founder and Managing Partner @ Work Life Ventures, a very new firm focused on the future of work backed by some of the best in the valley including Marc Andreesen, Chris Dixon,...

Data Show that Gender-Inclusive Founding Teams Have Greater Success in Fundraising and Innovation

The glass ceiling is being chipped away more and more each year, but the task of shattering it is far from over. In the ever-evolving realm of startups and venture capital in the United States, we ...

Navigating the New Seed Landscape

A presentation on the state of early stage venture....

Surviving a Coming Storm: Explaining the Unique Factors Driving a Tech Market Correction, and How Technology Founders and Investors Can Persevere Through It

2019 appeared to be a banner year for the technology markets. The year ushered in a boom in public market liquidity, with unicorns such as Uber, Lyft, and Pinterest going public before the end of Q2....

Checking In With The Market And Rorschach Tests

Hi everyone. I’m at an offsite down in southern California. Yesterday, I briefly tweeted something that was on my mind (during a break at the offsite) just to get it out of my head. I didn’t check...

The Master list of US Micro-VC’s

When we launched our emerging manager focused effort in 2012, only a small coterie of sub-$100MM venture funds existed (<100). Our thesis was that this segment of the market would represent one of ...

Resources for the Venture Capital Industry

This is a totally informal, non-comprehensive list that I made to answer common questions on resources for Venture Capitalists. Use it at your own risk....

Trimming The Hedges, Planning For A Rainy Day

At the end of 2016, folks in the startup tech ecosystem looked toward 2017’s impending “uncertainty.” Then at the end of 2017, the same worry about 2018; rinse and repeat last year, looking towa...

Launching Through the Looking Glass: Underrepresented Limited Partner Views

We could not be more excited to announce a new content series focused on amplifying underrepresented Limited Partner voices....