A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
AUGUST 17, 2020
I woke up to a dream this morning where I was playing a game that was very similar to Turntable.fm , a failed effort to create a social music experience that had a moment back in 2011 and that I had invested in via USV. Investments that don’t work haunt me. I met the founders and was happy for them. Then I woke up.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” That used to be called A-round investing.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Glazer has established himself as a leader who invests in his team and in the culture of his organization. . For me, that point came in 2011, when our company, Acceleration Partners, was doing about $1 million in revenue and I joined EO. For a deeper dive into how to invest in your team, check out EO 24/7. .
TechCrunch
AUGUST 17, 2022
Mack Kolarich is the VP of analytics at Assure and has extensive expertise in private capital and startup investing. Europe’s investment community has similarly grown and matured, with the European Business Angel Network reporting over 60 angel groups across 41 countries as members. from the 124,900 active angels reported in 2011.
This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 1, 2011
I will start the year on the board of a yet to be announced investment and as an observer on four other companies. There will be an estimated 50+ million tablets sold in the US in 2011, and 36 million of them will be iPads—I’m likely to be a buyer at some point before I head to Strata.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 13, 2015
I first met Ben on January 29th, 2011 at an SLP mentoring session. Getting to this deal early and being able to put down a fair term sheet was a function of the Brooklyn Bridge Ventures strategy of going deep in the NYC community and making super long term investments in relationship building over time.
A Smart Bear
JANUARY 4, 2018
Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. The majority of the funds pay back our early investors who believed in us enough to trust us with their money.
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