The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 11/18/2020 featuring funding details for K Health, Spring Health, and much more.
The NYC Venture Capital Firm News Digest: 11/16/2020
This bi-weekly column covers the latest news from venture capital firms in NYC for the first half of November 2020 featuring must-know news including news for Arkay and much more.
The October 2020 US Venture Capital Funding Report
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 9/23/2020
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 9/23/2020 featuring funding details for Attentive, Common Living, and much more.
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 7/13/2020
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 7/13/2020 featuring funding details for UiPath, Paige, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
The 2010’s: Bringing NYC to the Forefront of the Global VC and Technology Landscape
It’s been a heck of a 10-year run. For those of us who can remember that far, if we look back to 2009, it was dark times for tech in NYC and beyond. Numerous sources were willing to ring the death knell of the VC industry. Dan Primack covered a list of “Walking Dead” firms that operated […]
Brands That Have Permission: What If BMW Made Headphones and Apple Launched a Sneaker?
When I look at an established business strategically for the first time, I try to think of ways they could deploy their IP or brand in a different category. For example, the reason I have a signature sneaker with K-Swiss (even though I’m a businessman, not an athlete or a rapper) and the reason many companies have […]
Due Diligence and the Fallacy of Risk-Adjusted Returns
A 2008 paper “How Unlucky is 25-Sigma”, describes an interview with Goldman Sach’s then-CFO David Viniar who referred to their flagship fund’s 27% loss in August 2007 as a “25 Sigma event”. The paper goes on to analyze this statement and quickly shows that a 25-Sigma event would take place once in 1.309e+135 years, a […]
Business Complexity Goes Up Dramatically As You Scale
Most entrepreneurs are ready to declare success when they get that first surge of traction with a real customer. This is a good sign, but they have no idea that the hard work of scaling the business is still ahead of them.
The AlleyWatch NYC Startup Daily Funding Report: 3/20/18
Here are the latest venture capital, seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 3/20/18. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
The AlleyWatch NYC Startup Daily Funding Report: 3/8/18
Here are the latest venture capital, seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 3/8/18. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.