2021-12-13
There are a lot more numbers, and a link to the underlying data in the post, so take a look and let us know what you think! https://foundercollective.medium.com/ ... /End
Founder Collective
Analysis of 166 tech IPOs from 2010 to 2019: the 30 most valuable startups raised half as much capital and produced nearly 4X the value as the 30 most funded
At @fcollective we don't believe that more capital necessarily leads to better startups. So we looked at a decade of data - all 166 tech IPOs that occurred between 1/1/2010 and 12/31/2019. The data seems to show that we are right. More below: https://foundercollective.medium.com/ ... /🧵
Founder Collective
Analysis of 166 tech IPOs from 2010 to 2019: the 30 most valuable startups raised half as much capital and produced nearly 4X the value as the 30 most funded
2021-12-12
At @fcollective we don't believe that more capital necessarily leads to better startups. So we looked at a decade of data - all 166 tech IPOs that occurred between 1/1/2010 and 12/31/2019. The data seems to show that we are right. More below: https://foundercollective.medium.com/ ... /🧵
Founder Collective
Analysis of 166 tech IPOs from 2010 to 2019: the 30 most valuable startups raised half as much capital and produced nearly 4X the value as the 30 most funded
Does raising a large amount of capital make a startup more likely to succeed? Is capital a weapon? Do startup founders need to “go big or go home?” Tweets: @micahjay1 , @josephfl...
There are a lot more numbers, and a link to the underlying data in the post, so take a look and let us know what you think! https://foundercollective.medium.com/ ... /End
Founder Collective
Analysis of 166 tech IPOs from 2010 to 2019: the 30 most valuable startups raised half as much capital and produced nearly 4X the value as the 30 most funded
Does raising a large amount of capital make a startup more likely to succeed? Is capital a weapon? Do startup founders need to “go big or go home?” Tweets: @micahjay1 , @josephfl...
2021-08-30
Congrats to @willahmed and @whoop for insights around rest, recovery and performance - so much more to come. https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
Whoop, which makes a fitness tracker and sells a subscription-based health coaching app, raises $200M from SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a valuation of $3.6B
Funding enables fitness tracker start-up to challenge tech giants in health monitoring business — Whoop, which makes a fitness tracker … Tweets: @dangraziano , @epaley , @micahja...
2021-06-11
proud to call these folks friends & moreover, humans trying to make a real difference - congrats on the launch! https://twitter.com/...
Forbes
Homebrew's Satya Patel and Hunter Walk team up with 8 VCs to launch Screendoor, a $50M fund to back up to 15 underrepresented investors raising their first fund
2020-12-28
As always, a must read! I particularly agree on the “channels of one” (moving beyond influencers to more substantive interactions). The decentralization and consumerization of markets and software bodes well for entrepreneurs. It's the early innings of a new phase of tech... https://twitter.com/...
Medium
8 themes for the near future of tech: from decentralized workplaces and the rise of community-as-a-service to quirky social apps for kids under 16
As we pull ourselves out of the ditch that was 2020, there are a few major themes of the future I'm particularly excited about.