Every great startup investor must excel in two areas: assessing which industries are ripe for innovation and scouting out the companies that have the potential to make the biggest impact in achieving that innovation. READ MORE
1955 Capital’s Andrew Chung: Why ClimateTech Is Heating Up in Venture Capital
The climate has long been a hot button topic for politicians and activists, and it is becoming one for investors too. Millennials, now the largest demographic in the United States, are far more likely to choose products, services, companies, and candidates that reduce damage to the environment – or better yet, improve it. In 2018, sustainability-related products grew faster than their conventional counterparts in more than 90 percent of Consumer Packaged Goods product categories. READ MORE
An inside look at where VCs and corporate VCs recruit talent
Corporate venture capital's growing impact on the VC landscape has been unmistakable.
Venture deals in the US involving a CVC investor surpassed $133 billion in aggregate over the past two years, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor—representing a 75% increase over the previous two-year period and a sum nearly on par with the previous four years combined. READ MORE