Tag: Finance
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My appointment got cancelled, so I get to spend the afternoon with you guys! And we’ve got some big news… As founders struggle with a down market, one corner of startupland is flush. Climate startups raised record funding in the second quarter. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a…
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Angel investors are flocking to Direct to Consumer (DTC) brands, even as venture firms have pulled back. From a report out this morning in Business Insider: A growing class of angel investors is now swooping in to write the early checks fledgling DTC-brand founders need to bring their products to market. While…
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He’s baaaack! Adam Neumann, the controversial WeWork founder, has a new startup called Flow. This time, Neumann plans to transform the home rather than the workplace. Details are scant, but Flow appears to be a sort of WeWork for apartments. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Today, venture firm Andreessen…
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The SEC is investigating Melvin Capital Management for securities fraud. From a report that broke last night in The Wall Street Journal: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! If Plotkin and other top Melvin executives lied to investors in a fundraising presentation, they committed a very serious crime: securities fraud.…
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It may be tough times in startupland, but one area is bucking the trend: seed stage. Median pre-money valuations are up 33% year over year, according to a report released yesterday by Pitchbook: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Seed is my playground. And seed investors are wise to continue…
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Over $500 billion in venture capital is sitting on the sidelines, according to a report that broke this morning in The Wall Street Journal: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Across the market, fewer deals are getting done. Deals were down 24% in the second quarter, per Pitchbook. That likely…
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I had wandered into a foreign land. The people spoke a strange tongue…CAC, LTV, SMB. How could I join their tribe and learn their ways? I consulted the oracle: Google. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The world of startups has a language all its own. When I started angel…
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A major state-backed investment fund in China is in shambles as several top executives have been arrested. From the MIT Technology Review: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! China’s chipmaking industry descended into chaos last week, with at least four top executives associated with a state-owned semiconductor fund arrested on…
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Note: This is not financial advice. Hedge fund colossus Tiger Global Management is fighting for its life. Its public stock funds have lost between 50 and 64% this year, vaporizing billions. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a report that broke last night in the Financial Times: Chase Coleman’s…
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Trading in shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. just gets stranger and stranger. A new report from the SEC shows fails to deliver dropped to 205,675 shares in the first half of July, the latest reporting period. This is down from a high of nearly 9.7 million just two weeks…
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