Let’s talk about incentives and governance tokens to parse out what’s up with LooksRare and the larger future of the financialization of everything.
Has Y Combinator’s new deal changed the early-stage investing game?
Has Y Combinator truly changed the early-stage startup investing game, perhaps in its own favor? Or did it merely provide more time to its portfolio companies to reach their next stage of maturity?
Justworks files to take its SMB-focused, HR-themed SaaS business public
Today, we’ll dig into Justworks’ business, its economic performance and what it might be worth. Let’s have a little IPO fun one last time this year!
Are Nubank’s low IPO fees a sign of the times?
Fees on the Nubank IPO were among the lowest of the year. Could it also be a sign of some of the changes we are planning to track in 2022?
Samsara prices at top of range, crashes through $10B valuation mark in public debut
We have 72% growth, 70% gross margins, nine-figure revenues and a 27x multiplier. There’s more to be said, but perhaps this begins a slightly more conservative pricing regime for software companies.
5 things you may have missed in Atomico’s 2021 Europe report
We’re taking a look at exit volumes, talent issues, good and bad news for gender diversity in Europe, pension fund money, and which collections of former employees are founding the most companies.
Nubank, HashiCorp provide startup market with end-of-year IPO wins
We need to grok how 2021 ended to understand where 2022 begins.
Gift Guide: The best business books for 2021 recommended by VCs
Welcome to part two of our venture capital-recommended book gift guide for 2021 – talking about books that do have a business theme.
Super app Grab starts trading on supersized SPAC combination
Grab will begin trading today on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “GRAB.”And it raised a pile of money in the process. Billions, in fact.
IoT data collector Samsara’s IPO will be fun to watch
Samsara would have to command a revenue multiple of just under 12x to meet its final private price. Will it manage that? Er, yes. Yes, it will.