Anand Sanwal, founder of the New York-based venture database company CB Insights, made an unpleasant discovery yesterday after his subscribers pointed him to a TechCrunch piece about Techlist, a new venture database business. Techlist made the news because the outfit — a subsidiary of the Singapore-based media company Tech In Asia — was just admitted to […]
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A Quick Reminder that Big Rounds Don’t Mean Big Exits
The startup industry is endlessly fascinated with big financing rounds, but they do not always translate into the biggest returns, as illustrated by data assembled for StrictlyVC today by CB Insights. The list below features the largest financings of 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and, to date, of 2014, though you could easily mistake it for a list […]
With Little Notice, Seed-Stage Valuations Begin Falling
A widely held belief in Silicon Valley is that valuations are still on a one-way trajectory toward the sky, with founders firmly in the driver’s seat. But the reality for seed-stage companies may be a bit more dire than that — and getting worse by the month. According to the research firm CB Insights, both average […]