One of the supposed drawbacks of more seed stage funding in Silicon Valley is that it encourages more “quick flip” exits.  Max Levchin wrote an excellent post on this observation, and my friend and old colleague Bijan Sabet shared his […]

Given all the talk recently about rising seed valuations and AngelGate, I wanted to do a sequel to my old post on how VC’s Value Early Stage Companies.  The valuation dynamics are even more puzzling at the seed stage, where […]

This is a build off my last post which was a primer on the Micro VC market.   Often, I hear investors talk about companies that are “venture scale”.  These are usually the kinds of companies that have the potential […]

For better or worse, Micro-VC’s and Super Angels seem to be the new intriguing sub-segment within Venture Capital.  Funds like First Round Capital, Floodgate, Lowercase, Founder Collective, IA Venture Partners, Harrison Metal, and Felicis and individuals like Ron Conway, Keith Rabois and […]