Venture Capital

The Self Empowered Entrepreneur

After my first round of raising capital and not succeeding, I had a feeling of failure. I’d spent months…

Key Learnings of a VC

Two Decades in the Startup Ecosystem

After being active in the German startup ecosystem for almost 20 years, I think the time is ripe to share some of the key insights, learnings and observations I have gathered over the years. I will share…

Pitching to a Venture Capitalist

Some useful tips when going in…

Valuation For Startups — 9 Methods Explained

This article was co-written and published in French by Augustin de Cambourg and in Portuguese by Raphael Mielle.

A startup is like a box. A very special box.

#openVC

After having written a veritable War and Peace-volume of blog posts from 2006–10, I substantially moderated my pace as I found my inspiration waning. I’ve never felt compelled to write, but did so when moved to share. My production slowed to a trickle in the wake of starting IA Ventures, my boys’ all-enveloping…

The Peer Fund: A new way to fix employee retention

From VC to the operational side and back

Preface: This blog post is mainly for myself, my friends or people I have worked with — almost like a public journal entry of sorts.

I’m today super happy to announce that I will be going back to investing from tomorrow May 2nd when…

Not An Accomplishment

In April 2011, a mentee of mine suggested that I write a book about my life experiences. As the daughter of Cuban…

Welcoming Andy Palmer

By Eric Paley, Managing Partner

Full Tilt Capital Progress Report: Our strategy may not be as crazy as you thought

People will always question or dismiss the things they do not understand.