Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at trends in co-working spaces.
Chart of the Day
The market for private capital now has three distinct categories.
Companies
- Patreon's business is going to require additional revenue streams. (cnbc.com)
- Calm, the meditation app, hits unicorn status. (venturebeat.com)
- Reddit is raising a big round at a near $3 billion valuation. (techcrunch.com)
- Uber Eats has quickly become a Grubhub ($GRUB) competitor. (forbes.com)
- Palantir continues to inch toward an IPO. (wsj.com)
Crypto
- On the difference between venture funds and crypto hedge funds. (placeholder.vc)
- How early liquidity affected the crypto boom. (avc.com)
Venture
- When raising a SAFE in-between rounds is a not-so-safe idea. (avc.com)
- Will seed-funds be multi-generational? (hunterwalk.com)
- Softbank has invested about half of the Vision Fund already. (wsj.com)
Startups
- Does your company need an accelerator/incubator? (pointsandfigures.com)
- Web companies are looking for alternatives to Google Analytics. (fastcompany.com)
- Changing residence from California right before an IPO? The state is watching... (recode.net)
- How old are various unicorns? (priceonomics.com)
- Ten great books for inventors and entrepreneurs including "The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation" by Jon Gertner. (bigthink.com)
