California regulators close SVB and name the FDIC as the receiver to protect insured deposits; SVB ended 2022 with ~$209B in assets and $175.4B in deposits
banks, lawyers, etc — and it's a minor but not insignificant screening mechanism. https://twitter.com/... Jason Zweig / @jasonzweigwsj : If you want to create a perverse incentive for banks to become ...
A look at the state of the VC industry: from over-paying in the face of absurd valuations, to big bets on decentralized “Web 3.0” apps, cybersecurity, and more
Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table : Tweets: @ediggs , @michaelandma , @eghosao , @ljungman , @trengriffin , and @kevinweil Tweets: Eze Vidra / @ediggs : The changing venture landscape by @msuster...
Bird raises $275M Series D led by CDPQ and Sequoia Capital, sources say, at a $2.5B pre-money valuation
Data Sheet Wanguba Muriuki / Coinspeaker : Electric Scooter Startup Bird Acquires $275 Million in Funding, Hits $2.5 Billion Valuation Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Bird raises $275 million at a $2.5 b...
VCs raised $55B in 2018, similar to what was raised in 1999, but most of the increased funding went into growth rounds, which are effectively private IPOs
Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table : Tweets: @trengriffin , @eliefinegold , @sgblank , @msuster , and @adamnash Tweets: Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : “The traditional VC market has only grown 14% ...
As MakeSpace announces $30M Series C, a look at the logistics tech underlying the on-demand storage service
Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table :
Meeting with tech leaders, Trump says they can call him or his team any time, Thiel is “ahead of the curve”, and administration will work on “fair” trade deals
FOUR—are the president-elect's children. That is 16% of everybody in the room...”—@msuster http://bothsidesofthetable.com/ ... Mark Suster / @msuster : I will separate my business interests from the p...
Mark Suster's GRP Partners goes big: Announces new $200M fund and rebrands as Upfront Ventures
Venture capitalists GRP Partners announced today that it has closed its fifth fund, bringing in $200 million to help early stage startups grow. With news of the fund the Los Angeles-based firm …
There Aren't Many Exits Over $100mm
I was reading Mark Suster's latest blog post (actually its a presentation embedded into a blog post) and I came across this slide. — I don't know what the source of this data is and I don't know if ...
What's The Real Deal With AngelList?
Editor's Note: This is a guest post by @msuster (Mark Suster), a 2x entrepreneur, now VC at GRP Partners. His second company was sold this company to Salesforce.com, where he served as VP of Product ...
Social Networking: The Future
Editor's note: This is the third of a three-part guest post by venture capitalist Mark Suster of GRP Partners on “Social Networking: The Past, Present, And Future.” Read Part I and Part II first. Th...