Super Unicorns. The Only Path to Riches in U.S. Venture?

AI and U.S. Venture Returns - Will History Repeat Itself?

When One Window Closes, Another One Opens?

It’s the longest ever. According to our data, the IPO window for U.S. venture funded companies has never remained so closed for so long.

Does Greater Risk Equal Greater Return in U.S. Venture?

As early-stage VCs and entrepreneurs, most of us accept that we are taking on significant risk in our investments and startups. Drawing…

The 80/20 Rule for U.S. Venture? Not Exactly.

Do U.S. venture returns follow the famous 80/20 Rule, which asserts that 80% of the outputs often come from 20% of the inputs? We used our…

Venture Capital — We’re Still Not Normal

One graph from our proprietary dataset has consistently received the most interest over the years. Some of our VC peers have requested it…

Lay Low or Lean In? U.S. Venture and Recessions

“U.S. Venture Activity Slowed More in Q2 as Economic Fears Rose” (VentureBeat 7/22). “The venture reset” (Crunchbase 6/22).

Thiel vs. AngelList. Who is Right?

U.S. venture is a hits driven business, and we’ve previously published data quantifying how right-skewed the distribution of outcomes is…

“When Others Are Fearful…”

Warren Buffet famously stated that he actively seeks investment opportunities in times when others are fearful.

Venture Capital — No, We’re Not Normal

In fact, we are highly skewed.

Should Founders Take the Plunge?

A small number of high-profile, venture-backed exits have consumed headlines recently — Lyft, Pinterest, Uber, Slack, and Zoom to name a…

Too Many VC Cooks in the Kitchen?

At Correlation Ventures, we spend a fair amount of time using our proprietary database to identify the telltale signs of successful…