Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the growing world of micro-VCs.
Quote of the Day
“That’s why so many recent IPOs haven’t done well. Public markets force more financial discipline. Private companies are waiting too long to go public.”
(Larry Fink)
Fintech
- It's inevitable that more parts of the financial services stack are going to get automated and optimized. (a16z.com)
- The startup-bank gold rush is underway. (news.crunchbase.com)
Companies
- International vacation rental company, Vacasa, has gone Unicorn. (news.crunchbase.com)
- Steve Cohen's Point72 Ventures was an investor in Mirror's most recent fundraising round. (ft.com)
- Crunchbase just raised additional capital to build our more machine learning capabilities. (venturebeat.com)
Venture
- Why pacing matters to VCs. (avc.com)
- CircleUp is hiring quants to help build out its investment platform. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- What venture capital scout programs are all about. (casnocha.com)
- Revolution has closed its second Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. (news.crunchbase.com)
- Legendary investors Don Valentine of Sequoia Capital has passed away. (fortune.com)
Startups
- Every dollar counts when you are bootstrapping a business. (marker.medium.com)
- What it's like to sell the company you founded. (nickgray.net)
- WeWork competitors, including Knotel, are looking to capitalize on the company's problems. (ft.com)
- More female alumni of big tech companies are forming angel investment groups. (fortune.com)
- Paris is pushing hard to attract startups versus the likes of London and Berlin. (ft.com)
