Venture Capital

Venture Capital is for the Elite only

Our economy has changed. I see three significant trends. A significant number of youngsters, freshly out of school, want to become...
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Why We Invested In Labelbox aka “The Pickaxe” Of The AI Re...

We just invested in Labelbox as part of their $40M series C led by B Capital, here is some of the...
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Why We Invested In Decoded Health aka “A Medical Resident In You...

In January we invested in Decoded Health as part of their $4.5M seed led by Sierra Ventures. Tau Ventures is an...
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How to evaluate growth stocks like VCs

Two and a half factors to assess growth investments. This post will cover the following topics: The importance of being in...
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Synthetic Equity — Pros > Cons For Startups?

In the US, limited liability corporations (LLCs) are a recent phenomenon — Wyoming pioneered them in 1977, the IRS issued comprehensive...
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Is Silicon Valley Dying? No And Why It Still Makes Sense For Entrepren...

There are these headlines: Aug 26, 2020: Palantir’s Bay Area move makes Denver the city to watch amid Silicon Valley’s exodus...
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Disaggregation of the Hospital – A Counterintuitive Opportunity ...

Tau Ventures is a seed-focused fund investing in applied AI in digital health, enterprise and automation (cars, robots). We think a...
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To PR Or Not To PR? 5 Key Questions For Startups

Wired published a thought-provoking opinion article in 2015 comparing the news cycle around startups to a 12-hr clock. Indeed, tech in...
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Pivoting Your Startup? 4 Ways To Do It Right

1) Cash In Reserve — At the early stage, especially seed, chances are you will keep pivoting till finding product-market fit....
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Nitty-Gritty Details Will Make (or Kill) Your Valuations. Here’s Why...

Genius is in the details that other people skim.  Answer me honestly. When’s the last time you bothered to read beyond...
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Why We Invested In FidoCure aka How Tech Can Help Save Dogs (And Event...

In October FidoCure, also known as One Health Company, announced a $10M series A led by Polaris Ventures and we increased...
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Fundraising is badly misunderstood

If there is one thing that most startups misunderstand entirely, that’s probably fundraising. Thus, they create their own mental image of...
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