Haystack

JANUARY 13, 2020

Earlier today, the news leaked that Visa was to acquire fintech startup Plaid for $5.3B. Plaid is known within the startup and VC community as a strong company, but it is also a relatively quiet company in terms of its own PR and social media chatter. How could Twilio become a public company with an API-driven business model?

Acquisition 74

Acquisition Cap Table API Venture Capital 74

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Our proprietary data science tool cumulatively looks at 100+ factors within 6 macroscopic categories: Team, Financial Performance, Customer and PR traction, Industry and Competition, Product and Brand value, Valuation, and Exit probability, to quantify an investment “Merit Score”.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

One difficult part in startup decision making is choosing the decisions to make. Do you need to pour more dollars into marketing and PR? Deciding to tinker with pricing without taking into account the overall business model and customer profile is most often a wrong-headed move. Do you make changes in the sales team?

Cap Table 48

Cap Table Austin PR Founder 48