Founders


The Network Gate

The first check a founder raises usually doesn’t come from a cold email. It comes from someone who knows someone. Three reports released in the past ten days show what that means for women founders, and what founders and fund managers can do about it. Three Reports, Three Different Measures […]


The Second Door

For years, the venture exit had two doors: an IPO or an acquisition. Both are still open, but not wide enough to return the cash investors need. So more and more liquidity is moving through a third route: the secondary market. Here’s how that door works, who’s standing behind it, […]


The Stale-Mark Reckoning

The Stale-Mark Reckoning: What Miro, Airtable and 59% Secondary Discounts Mean for Founders and GPs


The One-Person Fund

The median US VC fund is $10M while the average is $165.4M. What the rise of solo GPs means for emerging managers and founders seeking a first check.