Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at why the pace of investment matters for VCs.
Quote of the Day
"We are at the beginning of a new era, where biology has shifted from an empirical science to an engineering discipline."
( Jorge Conde, Vijay Pande, and Julie Yoo)
Later stage
- Pre-IPO, Airbnb shares are the new hotness. (ft.com)
- The Saudis have invested $400 million into Travis Kalanick’s new company CloudKitchens. (wsj.com)
Work
- Some data showing the big startup equity gap between men and women. (tablestakes.com)
- Startup workers are happier with the jobs relative to Big Tech. (angel.co)
Seed
- Since when are seed rounds raising $2-3 million? (gothamgal.com)
- Why the health of a startup community is in the funding that happens at Seed and Series A. (pointsandfigures.com)
Startups
- On the dangers of raising more money than you need. (pointsandfigures.com)
- So many startups are focused on the 'last mile' but so few focus on that experience for clients and workers alike. (om.co)
- A Q&A on early stage investing with Accel partner Vas Natarajan, who invests out of the early stage fund. (news.crunchbase.com)
- How the "passion economy" differs from the "gig economy." (a16z.com)
- The four stages of fintech startups. (thebasispoint.com)
- Visualizing the state of a venture-backed startup. (visualcapitalist.com)
