How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023
VC is changing in a variety of ways and 2023/2024 has the potential to be one of the best seed vintages
Category venture capital
What’s a better return on investment: Enterprise or consumer tech?
Venture Capital is driver by power laws, meaning that a small percentage of companies drive the majority of the returns. In other words, VCs are looking for the needle in the haystack vs. the average company to drive economic returns.…
Raising venture capital in down market?
Some of the best companies are built in down cycles – Why this is true and how to take advantage of it
How seed/pre-seed founders choose between VCs
The challenge of choosing between competing offers - which are the top factors for founders to choose a VC?
3 Reasons for Startups and VCs to Stay Optimistic, despite the market
There are reasons for startups and VCs to stay optimistic, even in this market. Here are 3.
Take Five – Venture
Sharing five topics that caught my attention this past week as we all deal with information overload.
1. venture capital
2. remote work
3. gaming and metaverse
4. impact of downturn
5. narrative violation in EMEA
Take Five – How will the downturn continue to play out on startups and venture capital
Building on my post on 'Advice for startups in a downturn (May 2022 edition)', this week I continued to follow with interest the impact of the current correction on startups and venture capital, particularly in early stage.
Opportunities for startups in the creator economy
Mapping the opportunities for startups in the Creator Economy.
Raising Money Smartly
For the founders out there... There’s raising smart money, and then there is raising money smartly.
A Look Back On VC Cafe’s Journey Since 2005
VC Cafe turned seven! in this post I cover the journey of starting VC Cafe, the highs and downs along the way, and the path I followed to evolve it from a news reporting blog to a site that provides founders with practical advice.