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Different Kinds of Love.
From Jan Andriessen - henQ (@JanAndrssn) One of the less exciting tasks of a VC is to reject a startup that applied for funding. The large majority of all startups that apply for venture capital do not receive funding, I would say well north of 95%. As such, most VCs spend a significant amount of their time sending rejection emails and making...
Understanding Reasons for VC rejections – Are you a perfect fit for the VCs you’re pitching to?
From Mathijs de Wit – Newion Investments (@mathijsdewit) Approximately 1-2% of relevant deal flow for a VC firm will become a portfolio company. Hence, rejecting entrepreneurs is something a VC professional will have to do as part of his job. As most people have an intrinsic urge to be liked, I believe most VCs want to be honest about their...
What General Tech Trend will Dominate VC Investments in 2016?
From Mathijs de Wit - Newion Investments (@mathijsdewit) Every year it seems as though VC investments or the startups opting for Venture Capital are dominated by one major trend. These trends are horizontal tech trends that influence basically all verticals and hence have an impact on everyone using some kind of technology. I always try to define a...
15 Things Not to Tell Your VC in 2016.
From the VEECEE Team (@VEECEECO) Year-end approaches quickly and that makes a good moment to briefly look back on last year. For us, we turned our occasional drinks into VEECEE, and organized our first event that was attended by virtually all Dutch tech investment funds. As we speak we are closing our own modest funding round that will enable us to...
Is this Dotcom Bubble 2.0?
From Nik Kalliagkopoulos - Prime Ventures (@kalliagk) Over the last months a huge public discussion has started on the topic of whether we are currently at a new technology bubble. The very high private valuations, as well as the absence of profitability are some of the arguments used to compare today with the dotcom bubble of 2000. The other...
