Private Equity
Recently hired Redpoint eventures Operating Partner Carolina Strobel discusses what Latin America needs to build a venture ecosystem. A lot goes on behind-the-scenes before a unicorn is born.
3 min read · 20 February 2020
With the sector on pace for continued growth, cybersecurity investor Robert R. Ackerman notes what areas are saturated and what specialties his firm is looking at.
4 min read · 17 February 2020
A banker tells me direct listings may be hot to talk about, but don't expect many this year.
2 min read · 24 January 2020
Reflections on the first big VC-backed M&A deal of the decade.
2 min read · 17 January 2020
From personnel changes and unicorns to IPOs and off-the-charts fundraising, here's my list of the top 10 stories from 2019.
5 min read · 27 December 2019
Reflections from our PartnerConnect Texas event and what investors are thinking about.
4 min read · 13 December 2019
Besides IPO talk, the running theme from VCs lately has been about too much money, particularly at the late-stage, chasing companies. No one wants their portfolio to mimic WeWork.
3 min read · 06 December 2019
Darren Bechtel, founder and managing director of Brick & Mortar Ventures, gets at least one call a week from other VCs, who are wanting to co-invest in early-stage construction startups or are looking for a pipeline of such deals to invest in the later rounds.
2 min read · 25 October 2019
Most venture investors have never managed through a downturn. This poses a risk both for novice investors lulled into complacency and the venture market that competes with the highest bidder on deals.
4 min read · 18 October 2019
Of the two classic approaches to public markets investing, Momentum vs. Value, which is better in VC?
4 min read · 06 August 2019
