Tuesdays here at Abnormal Returns is all about startup/venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look venture capital industry envy.
Venture capital
- What the seed funding boom means for Series A fundraising. (firstround.com)
- Dave McClure is worried about rising valuations and their effect on small investors. (businessinsider.com)
- Venture capital is still a relatively young business and the challenges therein. (ft.com)
- So-called "unicorns" are the exception not the rule. (pando.com)
- How the stock market affects startup valuations. (pointsandfigures.com)
- What do startups need in an investor deck? (blog.semilshah.com)
- Does venture capital have a self-dealing problem? (fusion.net)
Strategy
- Will fintech startups change the world or get gobbled up by the big banks? (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Can startups take on 'Big Mattress'? (bloomberg.com)
- Meerkat shows that livestreaming will be a big thing. (blog.semilshah.com)
- Companies that build city-by-city have big cash burn rates. (bloomberg.com)
- Is virality overrated? (fortune.com)
Companies
- Who needs Apple ($AAPL) Watch? Wearables are already here in the form of 'smart clothes.' (recode.net)
- Dataminr aims to be "the real-time information layer for the Internet." (wsj.com)
- The challenge inherent in the ClassPass business model. (blogs.wsj.com)
