What is a VC AGM and what do VCs tell their investors behind closed doors?

In venture capital, “portfolio construction” refers to how a fund “spends” (invests) its capital. Let's examine the variables at play when a VC decides what to do "If I Had a (Hundred) Million Dollars".

What happens to VC behavior when the adrenaline of deal flow runs out?

How often to VCs really want to hear from founders? And how do they prefer to communicate with them?

Here are 6 things cooking can teach you about fundraising.

Learning to put your best foot forward in writing is one of the most significant ways to increase your fundraising success.

Startups are a marathon, not a sprint. Long-term success requires you to pace yourself. It’s essential that you uncover the things that deplete your energy and what you need to replenish it. You need to find your recharge.

Monique Woodard of Cake Ventures, Marvin Liao of Diaspora Ventures, advisor Mike Sigal, Web Summit host Casey Lau and I recently met with startup founders across Scotland. The one topic we kept returning to? The fact that VC isn’t right for 99% of startups.

Founders get a lot of VC diligence requests during fundraising. Here are 6 examples of appropriate VC diligence requests and 6 examples that should set off your alarm bells.

I'm going to be blunt. Angel investors or VCs asking for advisory shares as a condition of investment is not okay. Full stop.

One question many startup founders have is whether or not they should pitch VCs who have invested in their competitors.

As a founder, one of the most powerful things you can have is a unique perspective, insight or opinion about a market.

The journey of a founder often feels like a series of trials of worthiness. And no experience embodies this more than fundraising.

Something happened over the last 20 years. America — the nation whose foundation was built on immigration — has itself became anti-immigration. The rest of the world has seen America's achilles heel and is in attack mode.