Priyamvada Mathur

My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Lord give me the confidence of a VC associate telling me how to build product

From many conversations: Young crypto investors don’t want to invest in anything tied to physical things. It caps upside. Older real estate investors don’t want to invest in anything not tied to physical things. It limits downside. A paradigm shift is happening in investing.

Friendly reminder: every successful billionaire entrepreneur was once a first-time founder. Every mega-billion-$-AUM VC was once a first-time fund. #GiveFirstTimersAChance

An important reminder as you watch your preferred tv news coverage....journalists reporting from war zones often face trauma consistent with those of first responders. This includes the invisible teams of producers and crew who accompany the folks you see and hear on air.

Female Founder's alert!!One of our Venture Fund Partners is hosting a Pitch Day for International Women's day. If you are a female founder interested in a warm referral or tag a FF you know is raising here⤵️ And then DM me

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Save this so you can explain to friends and family some of the reasons why they should care about Ukraine. axios.com/why-ukraine-ru…

.@plibin to @PitchBook on web3: "There are no use cases."

just in: peloton reports it’s doing great actually, with a record 2,800 new membership signups in one day

I have a love/hate relationship with startup funding announcements. Hate that they’re so glorified in the media as a primary sign of a company’s success. But when the less than 2% that typically don’t get funding actually get funding, I want to share that shit everywhere.

🚨 A cautionary tale for today's market 🚨 Shortly after I joined Dropbox in 2013, the company closed its Series C at a $10B valuation. Today, Dropbox does billions in revenue (1,000% growth since then) and is worth...$9.5B 🤯 Many recent 🦄s will face similar dynamics.

Build a startup around a problem you’ve experienced first hand.

Normalize 9-figure seed rounds for 2022.

We can just get rid of VC round letters (A, B, C) now right?? I’ve seen $20M+ Seed and $100M+ Series As…they truly have no meaning to me anymore. I just tell people we invest in $2-5M rounds, lmk what you’re calling that

@HarryStebbings recent episodes have been really great. part of it seems to be access to people who keep low profile. I lost interest for a while because most guests said same things using different words but now that seems to be changing!

2021 is a landmark year for the femtech industry, with global VC investment crossing the $1 billion mark for the first time, according to @PitchBook @PitchBookNews @flotracker @willowpump pitchbook.com/news/articles/…

I'm torn by this news. It's amazing to see #femalefounded companies net record levels of #VC dollars, but disheartening to see the gap in total funding grow for all-women teams. Great analysis, @PitchBookNews @jamescthorne @pri_mathur @jordan_rubio. bit.ly/3kWVkd

SPAC startups are losing value but @danprimack of @axios and Cameron. Stanfill of @PitchBook share thoughts on why they've shed #billions.#SPAC #startup $IPO

In light of Elad Gil raising >$600 million, who are the best female solo venture capitalists out there?