The Hidden Costs of Exuberance
Venture capital has bounced back from 2021, but the competition to get into the hottest companies has continued to drive valuations to extreme heights.
Venture capital has bounced back from 2021, but the competition to get into the hottest companies has continued to drive valuations to extreme heights.
Venturing in Public 3/26/25
Venturing in Public – 3/20/25
In looking at the portfolio recently, I was surprised to see that our DTC portfolio – ranging from baby toys to cat food, furniture, skin care, and more – will do over a billion dollars in sales this year. A billion in sales!
We’re thrilled to announce that Jack Arenas has joined Founder Collective as the new Principal in our SoHo office. He represents the value and ethos of FC – he’s a builder at heart, lived the ups and downs of the founder journey and loves to work with founders across the tech industry.
VCs are famous for asking startups, “What is stopping Apple, Meta, and Alphabet from doing this?”